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    Studies Suggest Benefits From A Personalized Approach To Brain Stimulation

    Two studies find that tailoring brain stimulation to a particular patient helps in treating depression and obsessive-compulsive behaviors
    by Jon Hamilton Jan 20, 2021 3 minutes
    A pair of studies suggest that a customized approach to brain stimulation carries advantages in treating mental health conditions.

    There's new evidence that brain stimulation isn't a one-size-fits-all treatment.

    Customizing treatment for each person led to better results with both depression and obsessive-compulsive behaviors, researchers report in the journal Nature Medicine.

    "The efficacy of stimulation can be enhanced if the stimulation parameters are tuned to the unique characteristics of an individual," says Shrey Grover, a graduate student at Boston University and an author of the study on obsessive-compulsive behaviors.

    Brain stimulation, which

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