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Behavioral Improvements following Lesion Resection for Pediatric Epilepsy: Pediatric Psychosurgery? [PDF]
, 2023 Huy Dang +6 more
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Ethical issues in deep brain stimulation
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2011 Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is currently used to treat neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease (PD), essential tremor and dystonia, and is explored as an experimental treatment for psychiatric disorders like Major Depression (MD) and Obsessive ...
Maartje eSchermer
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Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2017 In Scandinavia, at least 11.500 people were lobotomized in the period 1939–1983. Beside grave personality changes, the surgery caused epilepsy in 10–35% of the patients. Moreover, many died due to perioperative bleedings, convulsive status epilepticus or
Mia Tuft, Karl O. Nakken
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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.
Frédéric eGilbert +2 more
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Kilpauk Mental Hospital: The Bethlem of South Asia – A recall of its history prior to 1970
Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2018 Period of Custodial Care Only: The magnificent “Institute of Mental Health” has its history almost from 1795 when the East India company appointed Surgeon Valentine Conolly to be in charge of a “House for accommodating persons of unsound mind.” After a ...
O. Somasundaram, Ponnudurai Ratnaraj
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An Interview with Dr. Daniel Callahan, Bioethics Pioneer
Voices in Bioethics, 2016 Daniel Callahan, PhD, is an internationally recognized thought leader in bioethics. A philosopher by training, Callahan co-founded the Hastings Center, a nonpartisan bioethics research institution, in 1969, and has contributed prolifically to the field ...
Voices in Bioethics
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Psychosurgery and the Medical Control of Violence. Autonomy and Deviance [PDF]
, 1978 openalex +1 more source
Ethical considerations of psychosurgery: the unhappy legacy of the pre-frontal lobotomy [PDF]
, 1980 Larry Gostin
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