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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