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Brain implant may lift most severe depression

5 October 2021

Professor Jonathan Roiser (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) calls a brain implant for severe depression "an exciting step forward". Professor Eileen Joyce (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology), who is leading a trial using deep brain stimulation for OCD, praises the trial.

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