Psychosurgery

Psychosurgery is a term for surgeries of the brain or autonomic nervous system involving the severance of neural pathways to effect a change in behaviour, usually to treat or alleviate severe mental illness. The procedures typically considered psychosurgery are now almost universally shunned as inappropriate, due in part to the emergence of less-invasive methods of treatment such as psychiatric medication. Although the term psychosurgery might imply a broad class of treatments, in reality, it is confined to variations on two themes:

External links

• Psychosurgery.org
• "Oral Histories" from Psychosurgery.org
• Website dedicated to Walter Freeman and the "Ice-Pick Lobotomy"
• New England Journal of Medicine article
• Brain surgery to cure the mind - BBC Radio 4 documentary on modern psychosurgery
• "Father of the Lobotomy"
• Lobotomy Criticism
• A Brief History of the Lobotomy
• Rotten Library Article on the Lobotomy
• "Truth About ETS" - ETS education, editorials, and testimonials. Extensive documentation of sympathectomy side effects.