This isn&#x27;t &quot;junk science&quot;. DBS has been shown to have an antidepressant effect: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S089662730500156X" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S0896627305...</a>
It can be compared to a support vector machine or FPGA in that it can be tuned easily to each patient&#x27;s specific parameters. There have been successes and failures just as machine learning has had, and it all comes down to the parameters of stimulation.