For some people with OCD, life is almost untenable. For Sara, a teen with goals and a desire to be just a normal kid, OCD was destroying her life, despite the best efforts of her family and doctors. Her family turned to Mount Sinai and neurosurgeon Dr. Brain Kopell for deep brain stimulation — essentially “tuning” her brain with electricity where needed to work against the OCD impulses. She got on with her life, graduated Harvard University and is looking forward to a career in education.
