The Use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) in the Management of Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): An Expert Consensus Statement

R Hamish McAllister-Williams, Gustavo Alva, Michael Banov, Charles Conway, Cristina Cusin, Janetta De Beer, Koen Demyttenaere, Yoav Domany, Philippe Domenech, Darin Dougherty, David Dunner, Kfir Feffer, Mark George, Dan Iosifescu, Erhan Kavakbasi, Christoph Kraus, Fritz-Georg Lehnhardt, Paul Lesperance, William McCall, James Murrough, Ziad Nahas, Charles Nemeroff, João Quevedo, Christine Reif-Leonhard, Patricio Riva-Posse, A John Rush, Thomas Schwartz, Marthinus Stander, Nolan Williams, John Zajecka, Scott Aaronson, Bernhard Baune, Harold Sackeim

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DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s554007
Published: 2026-03
Container: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
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@article{allodium:10.2147/ndt.s554007,
  title = {The Use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) in the Management of Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): An Expert Consensus Statement},
  author = {R Hamish McAllister-Williams and Gustavo Alva and Michael Banov and Charles Conway and Cristina Cusin and Janetta De Beer and Koen Demyttenaere and Yoav Domany and Philippe Domenech and Darin Dougherty and David Dunner and Kfir Feffer and Mark George and Dan Iosifescu and Erhan Kavakbasi and Christoph Kraus and Fritz-Georg Lehnhardt and Paul Lesperance and William McCall and James Murrough and Ziad Nahas and Charles Nemeroff and João Quevedo and Christine Reif-Leonhard and Patricio Riva-Posse and A John Rush and Thomas Schwartz and Marthinus Stander and Nolan Williams and John Zajecka and Scott Aaronson and Bernhard Baune and Harold Sackeim},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment},
  doi = {10.2147/ndt.s554007},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2147/ndt.s554007}
}

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AU  - Charles Conway
AU  - Cristina Cusin
AU  - Janetta De Beer
AU  - Koen Demyttenaere
AU  - Yoav Domany
AU  - Philippe Domenech
AU  - Darin Dougherty
AU  - David Dunner
AU  - Kfir Feffer
AU  - Mark George
AU  - Dan Iosifescu
AU  - Erhan Kavakbasi
AU  - Christoph Kraus
AU  - Fritz-Georg Lehnhardt
AU  - Paul Lesperance
AU  - William McCall
AU  - James Murrough
AU  - Ziad Nahas
AU  - Charles Nemeroff
AU  - João Quevedo
AU  - Christine Reif-Leonhard
AU  - Patricio Riva-Posse
AU  - A John Rush
AU  - Thomas Schwartz
AU  - Marthinus Stander
AU  - Nolan Williams
AU  - John Zajecka
AU  - Scott Aaronson
AU  - Bernhard Baune
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McAllister-Williams, R. H., Alva, G., Banov, M., Conway, C., Cusin, C., Beer, J. D., Demyttenaere, K., Domany, Y., Domenech, P., Dougherty, D., Dunner, D., Feffer, K., George, M., Iosifescu, D., Kavakbasi, E., Kraus, C., Lehnhardt, F., Lesperance, P., McCall, W., Murrough, J., Nahas, Z., Nemeroff, C., Quevedo, J., Reif-Leonhard, C., Riva-Posse, P., Rush, A. J., Schwartz, T., Stander, M., Williams, N., Zajecka, J., Aaronson, S., Baune, B., & Sackeim, H. (2026). The Use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) in the Management of Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): An Expert Consensus Statement. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.2147/ndt.s554007

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