“He's back so I'm not alone”: The impact of deep brain stimulation on personality, self, and relationships in Parkinson's disease

CJ Thomson, RA Segrave, E Racine… - Qualitative Health …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease successfully alleviates motor
symptoms, but unanticipated changes in personality, self, and relationships can occur. Little …

[HTML][HTML] Does Personality Change Follow Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease Patients?

JA Wilt, AR Merner, J Zeigler, M Montpetite… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has emerged as a safe, effective, and appealing treatment for
Parkinson's Disease (PD), particularly for improving motor symptoms (eg, tremor …

A Review of Social and Relational Aspects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson′ s Disease Informed by Healthcare Provider Experiences

E Bell, B Maxwell, MP McAndrews… - Parkinson's …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Although the clinical effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in
Parkinson′ s disease is established, there has been less examination of its social aspects …

[HTML][HTML] “DBS means everything–for some time”. Patients' perspectives on daily life with deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease

GM Hariz, P Limousin, K Hamberg - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment for Parkinson's
disease. However, patients own perceptions of the impact of DBS on their daily living is not …

Patients' experiences of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a qualitative systematic review and synthesis

J Mathers, C Rick, C Jenkinson, R Garside, H Pall… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To review and synthesise qualitative research studies that have explored patients'
experience of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Design …

[HTML][HTML] Must family/carers look after strangers? Post-DBS identity changes and related conflicts of interest

R Mackenzie - Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Deep brain stimulation (DBS), a favored treatment option for Parkinson's disease and
treatment resistant depression, restores disrupted brain mechanisms to default states and is …

Deep brain stimulation may improve quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease without affecting caregiver burden

G Oyama, MS Okun, P Schmidt, AI Tröster, J Nutt… - … : Technology at the …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective: This study aims to investigate the influence of deep brain stimulation (DBS) on
caregiver burden and quality of life in Parkinson's disease. Methods: A cross-sectional …

[HTML][HTML] Deep brain stimulation: in search of reliable instruments for assessing complex personality-related changes

C Ineichen, H Baumann-Vogel, M Christen - Brain sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
During the last 25 years, more than 100,000 patients have been treated with Deep Brain
Stimulation (DBS). While human clinical and animal preclinical research has shed light on …

[HTML][HTML] Caregiver burden and caregiver appraisal of psychiatric symptoms are not modulated by subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease

PE Mosley, M Breakspear, T Coyne, P Silburn… - npj Parkinson's …, 2018 - nature.com
Subthalamic deep brain stimulation is an advanced therapy that typically improves quality of
life for persons with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the effect on caregiver burden is …

Changes in personality associated with deep brain stimulation: a qualitative evaluation of clinician perspectives

CJ Thomson, RA Segrave, A Carter - Neuroethics, 2021 - Springer
Gilbert et al. argue that the neuroethics literature discussing the putative effects of Deep
Brain Stimulation on personality largely ignores the scientific evidence and presents …