Out of the Black Hole: The Patient's Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression

摘要

Informative and insightful, Out of the Black Hole: The Patient's Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression is a very well written exposition on treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and the positive effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on this devastating condition. The author, Charles E. Donovan, III, selflessly exposes his personal struggles, openly discussing his own years of isolation and torment as a direct result of TRD. His subsequent enrollment in a clinical trial designed to investigate VNS as viable treatment option for depression proved successful for Mr. Donovan, and resulted in his compiling this guide to VNS and depression.