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Title: Lobotomy


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Lobotomy
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  • It consists of cutting the connections to and
    from, or simply destroying, the prefrontal
    cortex. These procedures often result in major
    personality changes.

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  • Lobotomies have been used in the past to treat a
    wide range of mental illnesses including
    schizophrenia, clinical depression, and various
    anxiety disorders. Since the development of such
    antipsychotic drugs such as Thorazine in the
    1950s, lobotomies and other forms of
    psychosurgery have become generally obsolete.

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  • They reach the frontal lobe tissue through the
    tear ducts. A mallet is used to force a surgical
    instrument akin to an ice pick through the thin
    layer of skull at the top of the eye socket. The
    pick is then wiggled to damage the frontal lobe.

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  • This technique could be performed in a doctor's
    office rather than in an operating room, and
    required only a few minutes to perform.

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