TY - JOUR
T1 - A young scientists’ perspective on DBS
T2 - A plea for an international DBS organization
AU - Sommers, Rowan P.
AU - Dings, Roy
AU - Neijenhuijs, Koen I.
AU - Andringa, Hannah
AU - Arts, Sebastian
AU - van de Bult, Daphne
AU - Klockenbusch, Laura
AU - Wanningen, Emiel
AU - de Bruin, Leon C.
AU - Haselager, Pim F.G.
PY - 2015/8/28
Y1 - 2015/8/28
N2 - Our think tank tasked by the Dutch Health Council, consisting of Radboud University Nijmegen Honours Academy students with various backgrounds, investigated the implications of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for psychiatric patients. During this investigation, a number of methodological, ethical and societal difficulties were identified. We consider these difficulties to be a reflection of a still fragmented field of research that can be overcome with improved organization and communication. To this effect, we suggest that it would be useful to found a centralized DBS organization. Such an organization makes it possible to 1) set up and maintain a repository, 2) facilitate DBS studies with a larger sample size, 3) improve communication amongst researchers, clinicians and ethical committees, and 4) improve communication between DBS experts and the public at large.
AB - Our think tank tasked by the Dutch Health Council, consisting of Radboud University Nijmegen Honours Academy students with various backgrounds, investigated the implications of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for psychiatric patients. During this investigation, a number of methodological, ethical and societal difficulties were identified. We consider these difficulties to be a reflection of a still fragmented field of research that can be overcome with improved organization and communication. To this effect, we suggest that it would be useful to found a centralized DBS organization. Such an organization makes it possible to 1) set up and maintain a repository, 2) facilitate DBS studies with a larger sample size, 3) improve communication amongst researchers, clinicians and ethical committees, and 4) improve communication between DBS experts and the public at large.
KW - Communication
KW - Deep Brain Stimulation
KW - Repository
KW - Small-N studies
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U2 - 10.1007/s12152-015-9231-x
DO - 10.1007/s12152-015-9231-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938293073
SN - 1874-5490
VL - 8
SP - 187
EP - 190
JO - Neuroethics
JF - Neuroethics
IS - 2
ER -