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Does deep brain stimulation work for OCD?

Wayne K. Goodman, MD
Wayne K. Goodman, MD on behalf of The Mount Sinai Health System
Psychiatry
Deep brain stimulation is surgery used in treatment of Parkinson's disease. In this video, Wayne Goodman, MD, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses whether the treatment works for OCD.

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