Search for dissertations about: "psychosurgery"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word psychosurgery.
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1. Psychosurgery in Sweden 1944 - 1958 : the practice, the professional and media discourse
Abstract : Background. The pioneering early experiments of prefrontal lobotomy were performed in 1944 by neurosurgeons in Stockholm in collaboration with psychiatrists. There was a rapid implementation of the new surgical approach. In 1946 and 1947 the two state mental hospitals, Umedalen and Sidsjön, introduced prefrontal lobotomy on a large scale. READ MORE
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2. The surgical offensives against mental disorder : psychosurgery in Sweden 1944-1958
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3. Capsulotomy in anxiety disorders
Abstract : Background and aim: Anxiety disorders are common and a substantial proportion of patients do not respond to conventional treatments such as SSRIs or CBT. Capsulotomy is a neurosurgical treatment for treatment refractory patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and other anxiety disorders. READ MORE