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Violence, mental illness, and the brain – A brief history of psychosurgery: Part 1 – From trephination to lobotomy
Psychosurgery was developed early in human prehistory (trephination) as a need perhaps to alter aberrant behavior and treat mental illness. The “American Crowbar Case” provided an impetus to study the brain and human behavior. The frontal lobe syndrome was avidly studied. Frontal lobotomy was develo...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3640229/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23646259 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.110146 |