Re:Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective...
by bredren on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @10:59PM
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Yes. Treatments are simply implementations of science technology at a particular time.
To get some perspective on iterations of treatment, read this account of the work of August Bier.
He pioneered spinal anesthesia, something used all of the time today for epidurals during childbirth.
His experimental treatments he both performed and had performed on him by his assistant will, at the very least, raise your eyebrows.
The FDA approved treatment is "aim at the middle of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex". Getting more activity and connectedness improves its regulation of overall emotional activity.
This research implies that aiming instead slightly differently and a different dosing regimen may be more effective.
This is no different from any other medical treatment, where we find refinements in how and where to apply basically the same treatment to get better results.