Patent ID: 8538537

Claim:
A method for treating a patient's neurological disorder, comprising: in a patient identified as having at least one of a neuropsychological disorder and a neuropsychiatric disorder, implanting at least one stimulation electrode within the patient's skull cavity, outside a cortical surface of the patient's brain, and at a location in a range of about 15 mm to about 35 mm anterior to a precentral sulcus reference point that is positioned (a) at the precentral sulcus and (b) at the patient's middle frontal gyrus; and treating the patient's disorder by applying electrical stimulation to the patient via the at least one stimulation electrode; wherein: the at least one stimulation electrode is one of a plurality of stimulation electrodes; all of the active stimulation electrodes implanted within the patient's skull cavity are implanted outside the cortical surface of the patient's brain at the patient's middle frontal gyrus; the at least one electrode is the posterior-most electrode within the patient's skull cavity and outside a cortical surface of the patient's brain via which electrical stimulation is applied to the patient's brain; the at least one electrode is at least 18 mm anterior to the precentral sulcus reference point and is positioned superior to a linear or curvilinear line that at least bisects the middle frontal ayrus into a superior portion and an inferior portion; and the precentral sulcus reference point is approximately at an intersection of the precentral sulcus and the linear or curvilinear line.