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A member asked:
Prefrontal leucotomy, what is the use of the drill and the needles?
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Psychosurgery: this surgery is not done anymore. The prefrontal leucotomy has fallen out of favor. Some institutions have protocols for deep brain stimulation for depression and others use stereotactic lesioning for depression and OCD. This surgery that was popularized by Watts and then abused as a sideshow by a psychiatrist Freeman is largely seen as a historical operation
Answered 11/4/2014
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