psychosurgery

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• Me, Captain Ahab, and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

  
  Knowledge Is Necessity — Authority: 128
  As I mentioned in a recent blog, someone very close to me is in a psych unit right now. In the old days, they simply would have referred to his condition as a nervous break-down. They got that right. His brain is indeed broken. But which part of the brain is broken? That’s what I want to know.As it turned out, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Does anyone remember “lobotomy”?

  
  What Sorts of People — Authority: 126
  The New York Times recent Surgery for Mental Ills Offers Both Hope and Risk raises, for me, one big question: why the enthusiasm for bringing experimental brain-fucking to the public’s attention right now? As the article reports but does not underscore in the name of balance, the history of psychosurgery is one of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Brain Surgery for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Cautionary Note

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  The New York Times today carries a story about a resurgence of interest in psychosurgery for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. The article notes that while some patients benefit, there is considerable risk and less than stellar success in these operations. There are several important points to note, which the ...
  3 weeks ago

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