Could depression be cured by a microchip in your BRAIN? Defense agency researches using skull implants to treat PTSD

> 28 May 2014

Psychiatric disorders could be treated with a tiny chip implanted in the skull after a new research programme was announced by a defense agency.

The project, which will be carried out by UC San Francisco (UCSF), is the first research project launched in support of President Obama’s Brain Initiative and will be called Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS).

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>HOW WILL THE CHIPS WORK?

Once the signalling patterns of conditions such as depression or post traumatic stress disorder are identified, the implantable devices will show the neural circuits, which are common with the disorders.

The devices will then pick up when this neural activity is occuring in the brain and determine if electrical stimulation should be delivered to correct the abnormal brain pattern.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2641518/Could-depression-cured-microchip-BRAIN-Defense-agency-researches-using-skull-implants-treat-PTSD.html

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I was digging on this the other night, but with the darpa covid chip notables I figured I'd post here. Aside from PTSD, studies were done later on to test SUBNET uses for depression:

>Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a multisite, randomised, sham-controlled trial

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(17)30371-1/fulltext

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