There’s a stigma around brain implants and other depression treatments
People can be intensely uncomfortable with the idea of changing the brain
![Jon Nelson walks along a New York subway platform holding a bag.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/092323_neurotech_5_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
As part of a clinical trial on DBS for depression, Jon Nelson makes frequent trips from his house in Pennsylvania to research labs at Mount Sinai in Manhattan.
Aidan Kahn