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Deep brain stimulation: Inducing self-estrangement

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Abstract
Despite growing evidence that a significant number of patients living with Parkison’s disease experience neuropsychiatric changes following Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) treatment, the phenomenon remains poorly understood and largely unexplored in the literature. To shed new light on this phenomenon, we used qualitative methods grounded in phenomenology to conduct in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 17 patients living with Parkinson’s Disease who had undergone DBS. Our study found that patients appear to experience postoperative DBS-induced changes in the form of self-estrangement. Using the insights from patients’ subjective perceptions of postoperative self-change provides a potent explanation of potential DBS-induced self-estrangement.
Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: | Gilbert, F |
Keywords: | deep brain stimulation, estrangement, identity, neuropsychiatric effects, Parkinson’s disease, personality, phenomenology, responsibility, self, self-report |
Journal or Publication Title: | Neuroethics |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
ISSN: | 1874-5490 |
DOI / ID Number: | 10.1007/s12152-017-9334-7 |
Copyright Information: | Copyright 2017 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht |
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