A research team in China presented the results of a two-year study on the treatment of 20 anorexic patients whose previous psychiatric and pharmaceutical therapies had been ineffective. The study presented at the International Neuromodulation Society 8th world congress this February, demonstrated the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) as treatment for anorexia nervosa.
The director of the study, Bomin Sun, MD at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rui Jin Hospital, China, stated that DBS treatment is promising because all patients had an improvement in eating behavior, psychiatric symptoms or a combination of both.
Implanted electrodes were implanted in the patients and the DBS electrodes to stimulate the neurons in the forebrain, a similar approach used for treating Parkinson disease. All patients were followed for 26 months. Several patients who received only deep brain stimulation showed an improvement in obsessive-compulsive and anxiety symptoms, but minimal progress in eating behavior. No side effects were observed.
I’m working hard to provide you with whatever research I find about adult anorexia. The science gurus are examining the possibilities probably because there are so many Americans that do have an eating disorder.
Let me know if you’re looking for a specific piece of data about anorexia and I’ll search and find.
Have a great week-end.
Ruthan Brodsky
Writer for Businesses and Health Care Professionals
Sources: www.medicalnewstoday.com Feb, 08.
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