What Is Psychosurgery
The core concept behind this type of surgery is that if certain parts of the brain are responsible for symptoms, destroying the brain tissue connecting those parts of the brain will help eliminate those symptoms. History of Psychosurgery To date, the most well-known example of a psychosurgery is the lobotomy. The lobotomy was developed by António Egas Moniz in the mid-1930s. He used it to “cure” a variety of mental health disorders, particularly depression and schizophrenia....