Media Response

Selection of media response on the work of the Europäische Akademie (reports, interviews, reviews):

• Health Affairs, edition May and June 2011
  Letters and responses: Medtronic's and FDA's commenting on the article “Misuse Of The FDA’s Humanitarian Device Exemption In Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder” 

• Journal of Neural Engineering,10.5.2011
  Ethical guidance for the management of conflicts of interest for researchers, engineers and clinicians engaged in the development of therapeutic deep brain stimulation

• Dana Foundation Blog, 4.4.2011
  Are we overeager to surgically stimulate the mind?

• Psychiatric News, 18.3.3011
  Did FDA's Limited DBS Approval Create New Set of Problems?

• Neurology Today, 3.3.2011
  Should the FDA Rescind the Humanitarian Exemption for DBS?

• The Hastings Center, Center News, March 2011
  Hastings Center Fellow Joseph Fins Urges Caution for Psychosurgery in Health Affairs Article

• Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School, 15.2.2011
  Deep brain stimulation: Experts raise alarms about aggressive marketing

• The New York Times, 14.2.2011
  Wariness on Surgery of the Mind

• Health Affairs, edition February 2011
  Joseph J. Fins, Helen S. Mayberg, Bart Nuttin, Cynthia S. Kubu, Thorsten Galert, Volker Sturm, Katja Stoppenbrink, Reinhard Merkel, Thomas E. Schlaepfer: Misuse Of The FDA’s Humanitarian Device Exemption In Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder