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An Evaluation of Prefrontal Leucotomy in the Affective Disorders of Old Age: A Follow-Up Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

F. T. Thorpe
F. T. Thorpe*
Affiliation:
Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield
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The senile emotional disorders are now a major problem in mental hospital practice and their incidence increases with age. It is fortunate, however, that a better understanding and recognition of these affective disorders has, in most cases, led to early treatment and recovery.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 104 , Issue 435 , April 1958 , pp. 403 - 410
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1958 

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