Brain Stimulation and Stem Cell Therapies for Mental Health

Layperson discussion on Stem Cells and Schizophrenia: Stem cell treatments could replace some drugs for schizophrenia MEDLINE Discussion of Stem Cells and Schizophrenia Cell -based therapies for the treatment of  schizophrenia . Donegan JJ, Lodge DJ. Brain Res . 2017 Jan 15;1655:262-269. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.08.010. Epub 2016 Aug 18. Review. PMID:   27544423   Free PMC Article Similar articles Select item 27480492 Stem cell -derived interneuron transplants as a treatment for  schizophrenia : preclinical validation in a rodent model. Donegan JJ, Tyson JA, Branch SY, Beckstead MJ, Anderson SA, Lodge DJ. Mol Psychiatry . 2017 Oct;22(10):1492-1501. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.121. Epub 2016 Aug 2. PMID:   27480492   Free PMC Article Similar articles

In my opinion, brain stimulation techniques and stem cell therapies for mental health are the future of mental healthcare because the medicines that are in the pipeline are few and far between. Pharmacotherapy has helped many of us, but it is time to move on. 100  years ago, a psychiatric patient was lucky to have one line written in a ledger by their doctor every month. People with mental health issues had no rights. Now, although there have been successful deep brain stimulation in humans and stem cell therapies on a rat model of schizophrenia, it seems that widespread availability of these possibly groundbreaking therapies is lacking. We went from having no rights to being so protected the researchers are afraid of one lawsuit so they do not want to do the surgeries. That is the reason for this blog. I want to be one of the first patients who get stem cell therapy for schizoaffective disorder as my life right now is not worth living. My Zyprexa is giving me really bad diabet...