Script from a news segment discussing the use electrodes implanted beneath the skull to send a constant electric current to the brain as treatment for a range of mental illnesses including depression and schizophrenia. Other scientists in the field of brain research call the procedure dangerous and doubt its effectiveness for multiple illnesses. The doctor who created the device calls it a brain pacemaker.
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