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Deep brain stimulation: Inducing self-estrangement

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posted on 2023-05-19, 13:53 authored by Frederic GilbertFrederic Gilbert
Despite growing evidence that a significant number of patients living with Parkison’s disease experience neuropsychiatric changes following Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) treatment, the phenomenon remains poorly understood and largely unexplored in the literature. To shed new light on this phenomenon, we used qualitative methods grounded in phenomenology to conduct in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 17 patients living with Parkinson’s Disease who had undergone DBS. Our study found that patients appear to experience postoperative DBS-induced changes in the form of self-estrangement. Using the insights from patients’ subjective perceptions of postoperative self-change provides a potent explanation of potential DBS-induced self-estrangement.

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Australian Research Council

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Publication title

Neuroethics

Volume

11

Pagination

157-165

ISSN

1874-5490

Department/School

School of Humanities

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

Place of publication

Netherlands

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Copyright 2017 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

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  • Restricted

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Bioethics

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