Spinning lobotomy: A conventional content analysis of articles by the pioneers of the procedure in the United States

Afkhami, Amir A.; Fatollahi, Javad J.; Peace, Melissa A.; Yadgar, Ramsin J.

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“…«Mye av den store utbredelsen ser ut til å bunne i Freemans karisma og evne til å begeistre publikum og nyhetsmedier» Behandlingsmetoden ble introdusert på 1940-50-tallet til tross for lite forskning på dens effekter (8). Mange av de som ble vitne til de første operasjonene, ble likevel overbeviste om at lobotomi reduserte lidelse og at den hadde en nesten mirakuløs effekt hos enkelte pasienter.…”

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“…Når man har tro på en behandling, vil det alltid vaere en fare for at man bevisst eller ubevisst blir preget av interessemotsetninger, saerlig dersom resultatene har økonomisk eller prestisjemessig betydning. Behandlingen ble løftet frem av svaert karismatiske opinionsdannere, med god tilgang til media (8). Freeman var en svaert idealistisk og karismatisk lege, og hadde sterk tro på behandlingen sin, selv e er at den kom i vanry (1).…”

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Lessons to be learnt from the history of lobotomy

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Neurosurgery for mental conditions and pain: An historical perspective on the limits of biological determinism

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2024

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Neurosurgical operations treat involuntary movement disorders (MvDs), spasticity, cranial neuralgias, cancer pain, and other selected disorders, and implantable neurostimulation or drug delivery devices relieve MvDs, epilepsy, cancer pain, and spasticity. In contrast, studies of surgery or device implantations to treat chronic noncancer pain or mental conditions have not shown consistent evidence of efficacy and safety in formal, randomized, controlled trials. The success of particular operations in a finite set of disorders remains at odds with disconfirming results in others. Despite expectations that surgery or device implants would benefit particular patients, the normalization of unproven procedures could jeopardize the perceived legitimacy of functional neurosurgery in general. An unacknowledged challenge in functional neurosurgery is the limitation of biological determinism, wherein network activity is presumed to exclusively or predominantly mediate nociception, affect, and behavior. That notion regards certain pain states and mental conditions as disorders or dysregulation of networks, which, by implication, make them amenable to surgery. Moreover, implantable devices can now detect and analyze neural activity for observation outside the body, described as the extrinsic or micro perspective. This fosters a belief that automated analyses of physiological and imaging data can unburden the treatment of selected mental conditions and pain states from psychological subjectivity and complexity and the inherent sematic ambiguity of self-reporting. That idea is appealing; however, it discounts all other influences. Attempts to sway public opinion and regulators to approve deep brain stimulation for unproven indications could, if successful, harm the public interest, making demands for regulatory approval beside the point.

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Spinning lobotomy: A conventional content analysis of articles by the pioneers of the procedure in the United States

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Lessons to be learnt from the history of lobotomy

Lessons to be learnt from the history of lobotomy

Neurosurgery for mental conditions and pain: An historical perspective on the limits of biological determinism

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