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- Title
Psychosurgery.
- Authors
Carr, Padraic F.; Brooks, Simon; Chaimowitz, Gary; Looper, Karl; Milev, Roumen; O'Reilly, Richard; Pankratz, Werner; Warneke, Lorne B.; White, Patrick J.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the controversy regarding the social and medical history of pyschosurgery. It states that the controversial history of psychosurgery marked promising results and disappointing failures. It justifies the fact that brain surgery is being performed to treat mental illness and potentially produce positive outcomes for the benefit of the patients.
- Subjects
PSYCHOSURGERY; BRAIN surgery; MENTAL illness treatment; PEOPLE with mental illness; MENTAL health
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2009, Vol 54, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
Article