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Exploring the Landscape of Psychosurgery in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review Protocol [PDF]
Introduction Psychosurgical procedures gained an infamous reputation during the 20th century with the implementation of the lobotomy as treatment for several psychiatric illnesses.
S. Murthy, J. Wellington, R. Suvarna
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Philosophical impact of psychosurgery: a narrative of the history of psychosurgery [PDF]
Introduction To fully comprehend and appreciate the impact of psychosurgery on treatment-resistant depression it is pertinent to review its initial development and subsequent history.
J. Wellington +7 more
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The Initial Epoch of Psychosurgery in India: A Retrospective Data Review from Mysore Government Mental Hospital [PDF]
Background: In the early 20 th century, psychosurgery had gained worldwide popularity for treating mentally ill persons, especially in western countries.
Sarah Ghani +5 more
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Biomarkers: The Key to Enhancing Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment for Psychiatric Conditions [PDF]
Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is currently a promising technique for psychiatric patients with severe and treatment-resistant symptoms. However, the results to date have been quite heterogeneous, and the indications for psychosurgery with DBS ...
Guillermo J. Bazarra Castro +7 more
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Ethical issues in psychosurgery
Psychosurgery, a discipline that emerged from psychiatry and neurosurgery, is a unique form of treatment, even nowadays counted as a last resort for psychiatric patients.
Maria Golebiowska +3 more
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Primum non nocere: psychosurgery in a case of severe anorexia nervosa. A case report [PDF]
Introduction Bilateral cingulotomy and anterior capsulotomy are two neurosurgical procedures which are reserved as a last resort for cases of severe OCD in Spain; these procedures are not approved in cases of AN.
A. Cerame +3 more
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Most patients with mental disorders can be effectively treated with therapies such as pharmacological therapy, psychotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy. These treatments can be used individually or in combination.
M. V. Ivanov +4 more
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Neurosurgery as an opportunity to correct symptoms of mental and behavioural disorders
Neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric disorders has a controversial history. This branch of neurosurgery called by developer of prefrontal leucotomy and Nobel prize laureate Egaz Moniz “psychosurgery”, was initially based not on scientific researches ...
V. V. Krylov, V. A. Rak
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In this review, we describe the evolution of modern ablative surgery for intractable psychiatric disease, from the original image-guided cingulotomy procedure described by Ballantine, to the current bilateral anterior cingulotomy using MRI-guided ...
Martina Laetitia Mustroph +4 more
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Innovative perspectives in limbic surgery using deep brain stimulation
Limbic surgery is one of the most attractive and retaken fields of functional neurosurgery in the last two decades. Psychiatric surgery emerged from the incipient work of Moniz and Lima lesioning the prefrontal cortex in agitated patients.
José Damián Carrillo-Ruiz +10 more
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