Personal and relational changes following deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: A prospective qualitative study with patients and caregivers

• Cassandra J. Thomson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cassandra.thomson@utas.edu.au

  Affiliations School of Psychological Sciences, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8737-2592

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• Rebecca A. Segrave,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Psychological Sciences, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Paul B. Fitzgerald,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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• Karyn E. Richardson,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Psychological Sciences, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Eric Racine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, Departments of Medicine & Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery & Medicine, and Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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• Adrian Carter

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Psychological Sciences, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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