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Researchers ran a one-year study of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in about 500 adults whose depression had not improved with many previous treatments. People were randomly assigned to get real VNS or a sham (no real stimulation), and neither they nor the main study staff knew which they had. The…
In a large, naturalistic five-year study, people with treatment-resistant depression who received an implanted vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device plus their usual care had higher rates of symptom improvement and remission than similar patients who received usual care alone. The study followed 795 patients (494 with VNS, 301 usual care)…
