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1. Sep 18,  · Lobotomy, surgical procedure in which the nerve pathways in a lobe or lobes of the brain are severed from those in other areas. The procedure was formerly used as a radical therapeutic measure to help patients with severe mental illness. It has .

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2. Nov 10,  · Today, the word “lobotomy” is rarely mentioned. If it is, it’s usually the butt of a joke. But in the 20 th century, a lobotomy became a legitimate alternative treatment for serious mental.

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3. Cazuri notabile. Rosemary Kennedy, sora președintelui SUA John F. Kennedy, a suportat o lobotomie în , la vârsta de 23 de ani, râmânând invalidă pe viață.; Howard Dully a scris un memoriu despre descoperirea sa că ar fi fost lobotomizat în la vârsta de 12 ani.; Autorul și poetul neo-zeelandez Janet Frame a primit un premiu literar în cu o zi înainte de lobotomia.

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4. Sep 12,  · A lobotomy is a surgical procedure which involves removing or damaging parts of the frontal gharenenlabtousy.tysirosofinkasouserdolimate.comies were historically used to treat patients with psychological illnesses and behavioral disorders; in the s, they were largely phased out and replaced with medications, talk therapy, and other forms of gharenenlabtousy.tysirosofinkasouserdolimate.co a general rule, lobotomies are not performed today, and .

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5. lobotomy [lo-bot´ah-me] a form of psychosurgery consisting of cutting of nerve fibers connecting a lobe of the brain with the thalamus. In most cases the affected parts are the prefrontal or frontal lobes, the areas of the brain involved with emotion; thus the operation is referred to as prefrontal or frontal lobotomy. Once fairly common as a method of.

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6. Nov 08,  · The idea behind lobotomy was different. The Portuguese neurologist, Egas Moniz, believed that patients with obsessive behaviour were suffering from fixed circuits in the brain.

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7. Lobotomie (z řečtiny lobos (mozkový lalok) tome (řez)) je operativní neurochirurgický zákrok, při kterém jsou přerušena nervová vlákna spojující mozkový lalok s ostatními částmi mozku. Užívala se v psychochirurgii k léčení některých závažných duševních poruch (zejména se prováděla v oblasti frontálního laloku).). Později byla invazivní léčba nahrazena psych.

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8. 2. (Surgery) Also called: prefrontal leucotomy a surgical interruption of one or more nerve tracts in the frontal lobe of the brain: used in the treatment of intractable mental disorders.

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