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Damiaan Denys

Professor of Psychiatry , University of Amsterdam

Damiaan Denys is professor of psychiatry at the University of Amsterdam and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Amsterdam University Medical Center. He is the author of more than 350 scientific papers and books, including Deep Brain Stimulation (2012) and Het tekort van het teveel (‘The Shortage of the Excess, Paradox of Mental Healthcare’, 2020).

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Mental health

World wide open

Deep brain stimulation not only treats psychiatric disease – it changes the whole person, boosting confidence and openness

Julian Kiverstein, Erik Rietveld & Damiaan Denys