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1 online resource (60 min.) |
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Electric Mind is a cutting-edge documentary that takes us to hospitals, research centers and clinics where groundbreaking research is being done on the electricity of brain function as a treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, epilepsy and dystonia.Through the experiences of several patients being treated with deep brain stimulation (DPS), electrocardiac treatment (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), Electric Mind follows the progress of a young girl with epilepsy who is finally able to lead a normal life with her preteen friends -- and without the threat of seizures. We see a mid-career photographer, felled by intense depression, who seems to have been lifted out of its paralyzing effects by a series of deep brain stimulations. Lastly, we're introduced to an elderly woman who finally responds to treatment after enduring many months of inertia during which she could not respond to stimulus or remember any recent history.Renowned neurologists, psychiatrists and surgeons discuss questions of medical ethics, the brain-body, brain-mind interactions and issues of personal identity. The prospect of manipulating our minds and behavior with machines has captured human imagination for decades. Now recent advances bring the promise of relief to many suffering from brain disorders. |
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In Hebrew. |
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