Well now, at first blush, this seems like a wonderful fool proof way to help those with psychiatric disorders. Upon second thought, one can easily see the potential for abuse of the worst kind. The "Re-education camps" of past (and present) totalitarian regimes would no longer be necessary. Anyone who disagrees with the state can be implanted and controlled remotely.
From CBS News "The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced plans for a cutting-edge technology-based research program to develop a tiny, implanted chip in the skull to treat psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, PTSD and major depression.
The aim is to find new, more effective treatment options for veterans and service members with such debilitating conditions.
The project, called Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS), will study what exactly goes wrong with brain networks in people with certain psychiatric disorders. The researchers expect to ultimately use the project results to develop potential therapies aimed at "teaching" the brain to "unlearn" the detrimental patterns that underlie such disorders.
Research teams from a number of institutions will participate, led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The team at UCSF will focus first on recording neurological activity in different regions of the brain to identify pathways associated with anxiety and depression. Then they hope to develop devices to stimulate precise locations in the brain to strengthen alternative circuits."
Really? What a convenient mechanism for total control of one's thought process.
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