Chapter 16: Therapy
Chapter 16: Therapy

File - Hopkins Helpful Hints
File - Hopkins Helpful Hints

... – work by depressing central nervous system activity – Most common side effect - drowsiness – highly addictive, can be fatal when mixed with alcohol – sudden cessation after long-term use can result in severe withdrawal symptoms, including seizures, increased anxiety, and in rare cases, death Xanax, ...
Biological treatments carousel
Biological treatments carousel

... patient’s temples. In the past, electrodes were put on each side of the forehead. Nowadays it is more common to use ECT on one side of the brain as this reduces side effects. The current induces convulsions that last for approximately one minute. Once the patient comes round from the anaesthetic the ...

History of psychosurgery

Psychosurgery, also called neurosurgery for mental disorder or functional neurosurgery, is surgery in which brain tissue is destroyed with the aim of alleviating the symptoms of mental disorder. It was first used in modern times by Gottlieb Burckhardt in 1891, but only in a few isolated instances, not becoming more widely used until the 1930s following the work of Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz. The 1940s was the decade when psychosurgery was most popular, largely due to the efforts of American neurologist Walter Freeman; its use has been declining since then. Freeman’s particular form of psychosurgery, the lobotomy, was last used in the 1970s, but other forms of psychosurgery, such as the cingulotomy and capsulotomy have survived.