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Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders (NPD), also sometimes referred to as psychosurgery, is rapidly evolving, with new techniques and indications being investigated actively. Many within the field have suggested that some form of guidelines or regulations are needed to help ensure that a promising field develops safely. Multiple countries have enacted specific laws regulating NPD.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFLobotomy was the first psychosurgical method which aroused interest. It was developed by António Egas Moniz in 1935. Lobotomy was understood to be a promising treatment in schizophrenia and in 1940-ies and -50-ies about 1600 patients were operated in Finland.
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Institute for History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
The Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz (1874-1955) is often regarded as the founder of psychosurgery. He performed the first prefrontal leukotomy in 1935—about 75 years ago—with the help of neurosurgeon Almeida Lima (1903–1985) [corrected]. In contrast to the psychosurgical interventions performed by the Swiss psychiatrist Gottlieb Burckhardt (1836-1907), Moniz's interventions on the white brain substance caught great attention worldwide.
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