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I miss being me: phenomenological effects of deep brain stimulation

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posted on 2023-05-19, 00:11 authored by Frederic GilbertFrederic Gilbert, Goddard, E, Viana, JNM, Carter, A, Horne, M
The phenomenological effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) on the self of the patient remains poorly understood and under described in the literature, despite growing evidence that a significant number of patients experience postoperative neuropsychiatric changes. To address this lack of phenomenological evidence, we conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews with 17 patients with Parkinson’s disease who had undergone DBS. Exploring the subjective character specific to patients’ experience of being implanted gives empirical and conceptual understanding of the potential phenomenon of DBSinduced self-estrangement. Our study concluded that (1) the more patients preoperatively felt alienated by their illness, the more they experienced postoperative self-estrangement, and (2) the notion of self-estrangement seems to exist in association with certain common qualitative characters, namely, loss of control, which reflects a deteriorative estrangement, and distorted perception of capacities, which reveals a restorative estrangement. These findings indicate that subjective self-reports help us to understand some aspects of the potential phenomenon of DBS-induced self-estrangement. seems to exist in association with certain common qualitative characters; namely loss of control which reflects a deteriorative estrangement, and distorted perception of capacities which reveals a restorative estrangement. These findings indicate that subjective self-reports help us to understand some aspects of the potential phenomenon of DBS-induced self-estrangement.

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Australian Research Council

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Publication title

American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience

Volume

8

Pagination

96-109

ISSN

2150-7740

Department/School

College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Place of publication

USA

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Copyright 2017 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis© Frederic Gilbert, Eliza Goddard, John Noel M. Viaña, Adrian Carter, and Malcolm Horne. Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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