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2. Psychosurgery - Wikipedia

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   Psychosurgery, also called neurosurgery for mental disorder (NMD), is the neurosurgical treatment of mental disorders. [1] Psychosurgery has always been a controversial medical field. [ 1 ] The modern history of psychosurgery begins in the 1880s under the Swiss psychiatrist Gottlieb Burckhardt .

3. Lobotomy - Wikipedia

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   Burckhardt's decision to operate was informed by three pervasive views on the nature of mental illness and its relationship to the brain. First, the belief that mental illness was organic in nature, and reflected an underlying brain pathology; next, that the nervous system was organized according to an associationist model comprising an input ...

4. History of psychosurgery - Wikipedia

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   Psychosurgery, also called neurosurgery for mental disorder or functional neurosurgery, is surgery in which brain tissue is destroyed with the aim of alleviating the symptoms of mental disorder. It was first used in modern times by Gottlieb Burckhardt in 1891, but only in a few isolated instances, not becoming more widely used until the 1930s ...

5. Bilateral cingulotomy - Wikipedia

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   Cingulotomy was introduced in the 1940s as an alternative to standard pre-frontal leucotomy/lobotomy in the hope of alleviating symptoms of mental illness whilst reducing the undesirable effects of the standard operation (personality changes, etc.).

6. Trepanning - Wikipedia

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   The primary theories for the practice of trepanation in ancient times include spiritual purposes and treatment for epilepsy, head wound, mental disorders, and headache, although the latter may be just an unfounded myth. [7] [8] In modern eye surgery, a trephine instrument is used in corneal transplant surgery. The procedure of drilling a hole ...

7. Walter Jackson Freeman II - Wikipedia

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   Walter Jackson Freeman II (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy. [1] Wanting to simplify lobotomies so that it could be carried out by psychiatrists in psychiatric hospitals, where there were often no operating rooms, surgeons, or anesthesia and limited budgets, Freeman invented a transorbital lobotomy procedure.

8. I had brain surgery in January, now I’m running the ... - AOL

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   I had brain surgery in January, now I’m running the NYC marathon. Raquel Laneri. November 1, 2024 at 3:51 PM ... Scaglione has been battling — and overcoming — serious health issues for years.

9. Deep brain stimulation - Wikipedia

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   Surgery complications may also occur, such as bleeding within the brain. After surgery, swelling of the brain tissue, mild disorientation, and sleepiness are normal. After 2–4 weeks, a follow-up visit is used to remove sutures, turn on the neurostimulator, and program it. [citation needed]