Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens for severe self-injurious behaviour in children: long-term outcomes from a first-in-human pilot trial

Karim Mithani, Sara Breitbart, Thiemo Dinger, Hrishikesh Suresh, Andrea LeBlanc-Millar, Joelene Huber, Elizabeth N. Kerr, Margot J. Taylor, Alfonso Fasano, Savannah Sauter, Louis Hagopian, Carolina Gorodetsky, George M. Ibrahim

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10.1038/s41380-026-03710-4
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2026-06-22
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Molecular Psychiatry
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41380-026-03710-4,
  title = {Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens for severe self-injurious behaviour in children: long-term outcomes from a first-in-human pilot trial},
  author = {Karim Mithani and Sara Breitbart and Thiemo Dinger and Hrishikesh Suresh and Andrea LeBlanc-Millar and Joelene Huber and Elizabeth N. Kerr and Margot J. Taylor and Alfonso Fasano and Savannah Sauter and Louis Hagopian and Carolina Gorodetsky and George M. Ibrahim},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Molecular Psychiatry},
  doi = {10.1038/s41380-026-03710-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-026-03710-4}
}

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AU  - Hrishikesh Suresh
AU  - Andrea LeBlanc-Millar
AU  - Joelene Huber
AU  - Elizabeth N. Kerr
AU  - Margot J. Taylor
AU  - Alfonso Fasano
AU  - Savannah Sauter
AU  - Louis Hagopian
AU  - Carolina Gorodetsky
AU  - George M. Ibrahim
PY  - 2026
JO  - Molecular Psychiatry
DO  - 10.1038/s41380-026-03710-4
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Mithani, K., Breitbart, S., Dinger, T., Suresh, H., LeBlanc-Millar, A., Huber, J., Kerr, E. N., Taylor, M. J., Fasano, A., Sauter, S., Hagopian, L., Gorodetsky, C., & Ibrahim, G. M. (2026). Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens for severe self-injurious behaviour in children: long-term outcomes from a first-in-human pilot trial. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-026-03710-4

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