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Abstract Neurointerventions—interventions that cause direct physical, chemical or biological effects on the brain—are sometimes administered to criminal offenders for the purpose of reducing their recidivism risk and promoting their rehabilitation more generally.
Emma Dore‐Horgan
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International Legal Approaches to Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders
Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders (NPD), also sometimes referred to as psychosurgery, is rapidly evolving, with new techniques and indications being investigated actively.
Jennifer A. Chandler +23 more
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Critical Choices in Rhinoplasty: A 20-Year Single-Surgeon Retrospective Review of 1000 Cases [PDF]
Objectives: Highlighting certain convictions, techniquesand tactics that can be crucial to surgical outcome of rhinoplasty,as an attempt to define clearer indications for what'stermed "aesthetic" rhinoplasty.Methods: A 20-year single-surgeon review of ...
Adham Farouk
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Abstract Individuals diagnosed with conduct disorder (CD) in childhood and adolescence are at risk for increasingly maladaptive and dangerous behaviors, which unchecked, can lead to antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) in adulthood. Children with CD, especially those with the callous unemotional subgroup qualifier (“limited prosocial emotions”/DSM‐5),
Nancy Tuck, Linda MacDonald Glenn
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Abstract Certain of our traits are thought more central to who we are: they comprise our individual identity. What makes these traits privileged in this way? What accounts for their identity centrality? Although considerations of identity play a key role in many different areas of moral philosophy, I argue that we currently have no satisfactory account
Andreas L. Mogensen
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Aim Anterior capsulotomy (AC) is one of the last therapeutic options for obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) refractory to conservative treatments. Several forms of cognitive dysfunction have been identified after assessment of neuropsychological outcomes in OCD patients; however, few studies focused on cognitive changes in OCD patients after surgery ...
Lenka Krámská +4 more
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The review introduces the reader to Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the medial forebrain bundle (MFB), a therapeutic option currently being tested in clinical trials in major depressive patients resistant to conventional treatment strategies.
Máté D. Döbrössy +5 more
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Neurosurgery for Refractory Schizophrenia: A Systematic Literature Review
Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling psychiatric disease that can be refractory to conventional treatment. The present study aims to gather information about the circuitry related to schizophrenia to describe possible surgical targets, and to ...
Bruna Veronese Almeida +2 more
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Primum non nocere: psychosurgery in a case of severe anorexia nervosa. A case report
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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Neurophysiological Characterization of Posteromedial Hypothalamus in Anaesthetized Patients
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) requires a precise localization, which is especially difficult at the hypothalamus, because it is usually performed in anesthetized patients.
Jesús Pastor +2 more
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