Journal
NEUROETHICS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 157-165Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12152-017-9334-7
Keywords
Deep brain stimulation; Estrangement; Identity; Neuropsychiatric effects; Parkinson's disease; Personality; Phenomenology; Responsibility; Self; Self-report
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- Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award [DE150101390]
- University of Tasmania [G0022813]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [EEC-1028725]
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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.
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