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Radical treatment for depression

Kirsty Hemming meets the first UK patient to undergo a radical new treatment for depression. Surgeons at Frenchay hospital near Bristol are testing out a new technique involving electrodes implanted in the brain.

They hope that it will provide a modern alternative to the lobotomy.

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Inside Out West24/01/2011

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