Psychosurgery for Obesity [PDF]
Obesity Facts, 2009 Because of the current widespread performance of antiobesity surgery, more common than coronary bypass in the USA, this editorial is compulsory reading for all people treating obese patients. The explosive increase in antiobesity surgery over the last decade [1] emanated from: i) perfection of safer, less traumatic laparoscopic surgical approaches ...
John G. Kral
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International Legal Approaches to Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders (NPD), also sometimes referred to as psychosurgery, is rapidly evolving, with new techniques and indications being investigated actively.
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Ethical dilemmas in contemporary psychiatry: Findings from a survey of National Psychiatric Associations in Europe [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2023 Background The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) is an organization that speaks on behalf of its individual members and members of National Psychiatric Associations (NPAs).
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A brief history of psychosurgery
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2019 Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders has changed significantly over years. Our understanding of aetiology of psychiatric disorders has evolved from demonic possession to specific neurobiological mechanism.
K Priya Nayak, A T Safeekh
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Psychosurgery for schizophrenia: history and perspectives [PDF]
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2013 Matheus Schmidt Soares, Wellingson Silva Paiva, Eda Z Guertzenstein, Robson Luis Amorim, Luca Silveira Bernardo, Jose Francisco Pereira, Erich Talamoni Fonoff, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas, University of
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Deep brain stimulation in the media: over-optimistic portrayals call for a new strategy involving journalists and scientists in ethical debates. [PDF]
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2011 Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is optimistically portrayed in contemporary media. This already happened with psychosurgery during the first half of the 20th century.
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Past and Present Role of Neurosurgical Interventions in the Management of Psychiatric Disorders: A Literature Review on the Evolution of Psychosurgery. [PDF]
CureusArunachalam Sakthiyendran N +9 more
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Abolition of seizures following Forel-H-tomy for drug-resistant epilepsy: A case report. [PDF]
Epilepsia Open, 2023 Abstract A 62‐year‐old female experienced an extensive cerebral contusion in the left frontotemporal lobe due to an acute subdural hematoma at the age of 44 years. Six months after the injury, the patient developed epileptic seizures. The seizures were generalized with right cervical rotation and fencing posture.
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Psychosurgery for Schizophrenia [PDF]
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 2014 Alexander G. Weil +2 more
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