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Two favorable reports of VNS for depression.(Briefly Noted)

Mental Health Weekly

| June 19, 2006 | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

At the May annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in Toronto, two reports supported vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) as a safe, long-term antidepressant treatment for treatment-resistant patients. Reuters reported (May 25) that Stephen K. Brannan, M.D., and colleagues at Cyberonics, Inc., makers of the VNS device, presented the results of a pilot study, which found that 72 percent of patients who …

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