Cutting through stigma: psychiatry and neurosurgery working together.

Zrinzo, Ludvic; Huys, Quentin; Howard, Robert; Grech, Anton; Christmas, David; Tyagi, Himanshu · Br J Psychiatry · 2026

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Abstract

Functional neurosurgery can modulate the pathological brain circuits that underlie psychiatric symptoms. For select disorders it is safe, precise and evidence-based; for others, it holds real promise. Nevertheless, referrals remain strikingly low relative to the burden of refractory illness - a gap that could be meaningfully addressed by closer psychiatry-neurosurgery collaboration.