Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-refractory depression

2016 ◽  
pp. 335-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Conway ◽  
Britt M. Gott ◽  
Naazia H. Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Refractory Depression ◽  
Treatment Refractory

P.2.a.019 Memory and executive functions in patients treated with vagus nerve stimulation for refractory depression

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. S344
Author(s):  
V. Desbeaumes ◽  
F. Richer ◽  
E. LaGarde ◽  
S. Patry ◽  
A. Bouthillier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Refractory Depression

Long-term Sustained Cognitive Benefits of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Refractory Depression

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Véronique Desbeaumes Jodoin ◽  
François Richer ◽  
Jean-Philippe Miron ◽  
Marie-Pierre Fournier-Gosselin ◽  
Paul Lespérance
Keyword(s):  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Refractory Depression ◽  
Cognitive Benefits

Vagus nerve stimulation for chronic major depressive disorder: 12-month outcomes in highly treatment-refractory patients

2013 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
pp. 1221-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Christmas ◽  
J. Douglas Steele ◽  
Serenella Tolomeo ◽  
M. Sam Eljamel ◽  
Keith Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Treatment Refractory

scholarly journals Vagus nerve stimulation and refractory depression

2003 ◽  
Vol 183 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Matthews ◽  
Muftah S. Eljamel
Keyword(s):  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Antidepressant Drugs ◽  
Refractory Depression ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Accepted Practice ◽  
Available Information

As highlighted in the recent systematic review by Stimpson et al (2002), we know little about the relative efficacies of the treatment interventions that are routinely deployed for those with depressive disorders that have not responded to standard, first-line treatment approaches. Accepted practice is, at best, systematic ‘trial and error’, with sequential antidepressant monotherapy and/or combinations of antidepressant drugs with ‘augmenting agents'. This haphazard medicinal approach to managing the patient with poorly responsive depressive disorder is compounded by the lack of available information on the effectiveness and optimal role for psychological treatment methods. Given the high prevalence of depressive disorders and their frequent presentation to both primary and secondary care health services, it is a source of embarrassment that we remain so ignorant. Nevertheless, it is against this backdrop of uncertainty that we must now evaluate the relative merits of a novel intervention that has captured considerable media and lay interest: vagus nerve stimulation (VNS™).

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