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Contemporary Indications for Psychosurgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Bartlett ,
Paul Bridges  and
Desmond Kelly
John Bartlett
Affiliation:
The Geoffrey Knight Psychosurgical Unit, Brook General Hospital, Shooters Hill Road, London, SE18 4LW
Paul Bridges
Affiliation:
The Geoffrey Knight Psychosurgical Unit, Brook General Hospital, Shooters Hill Road, London, SE18 4LW
Desmond Kelly
Affiliation:
The Priory Hospital, Priory Lane, Roehampton, London, SW15 5JJ; and St George's and Atkinson Morley's Hospitals, London
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Extract

The initial period of enthusiasm for the surgical treatment of certain psychiatric illnesses, has later given way to increasing rejection of this mode of therapy. But more recently there has been a reappraisal of the therapeutic possibilities of the modern refined operations, which are now receiving more objective assessment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 6 , June 1981 , pp. 507 - 511
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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