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Results of Prefrontal Leucotomy in Thirty Cases of Mental Disorder

With Observations on Surgical Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. Ström-Olsen ,
S. L. Last ,
M. B. Brody  and
G. C. Knight
R. Ström-Olsen
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital
S. L. Last
Affiliation:
West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases; Runwell Hospital
M. B. Brody
Affiliation:
West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases; Runwell Hospital
G. C. Knight
Affiliation:
West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases; Runwell Hospital
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The purpose of this paper is to present the results of treatment by prefrontal leucotomy in 30 cases of mental disorder. In view of the fact that this procedure is not only comparatively new, and uncertain in its ultimate effects, but is also after all a destructive operation, its trial was only felt to be justified, in the first instance at any rate, in a selected number of chronic patients with an apparently hopeless or very poor prognosis.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 89 , Issue 375 , April 1943 , pp. 165 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1943 

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