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Prefrontal lobotomy in agitated depression. Report of a case.

Med. Ann. Distr. Columbia 5, 326-28, 1936.

See also the book by the same authors, Psychosurgery: Intelligence, emotion, and social behavior following prefrontal lobotomy for mental disorders. Springfield: Charles C Thomas, 1942. By the 1950s lobotomy was largely discredited, and replaced by psychotropic medication, such as thorazine.



Subjects: NEUROSURGERY › Psychosurgery
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