Brain interventions
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Brain interventions
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Mental disorders are brain disorders – here’s why that matters
The most vital quandary of mental health disorders and therapies today is not whether they change the brain but how
by Camilla Nord
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Neuroscience
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The brain has a team of conductors orchestrating consciousness
The brain is like an orchestra: each region plays its part. But it takes a team of conductors to orchestrate consciousness
by Morten L Kringelbach & Gustavo Deco
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Emerging therapies
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A personalised alternative to antidepressants is on the way
A form of personalised, at-home, brain-based treatment for depression is getting close – but is psychiatry ready for it?
by Paul Fitzgerald
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Brain interventions
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These are truly exciting times for the science of brain zapping
Yes, there’s been hype, but electrical brain stimulation is a genuine technique, and the science behind it is improving
by Hannah Filmer