"Psychosurgery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Treatment of chronic, severe and intractable psychiatric disorders by surgical removal or interruption of certain areas or pathways in the brain, especially in the prefrontal lobes.
| Descriptor ID |
D011612
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.600 F04.570.630
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukotomy- Leukotomy
- Leukotomies
- Leucotomy
- Leucotomies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Psychosurgery" by people in Profiles.
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Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders: reviewing the past and charting the future. Neurosurg Focus. 2023 Feb; 54(2):E8.
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Mechanisms and Risk Factors Contributing to Visual Field Deficits following Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2019; 97(4):255-265.
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ECT for OCD. J Clin Psychiatry. 1995 Feb; 56(2):81-2.
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Hemispherectomy, callostomy, and frontal lobectomy for seizures. J S C Med Assoc. 1992 May; 88(5):245-50.
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Surgical management of epilepsy: invasive monitoring and temporal lobectomy. J S C Med Assoc. 1992 May; 88(5):241-4.
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Biological factors in obsessive-compulsive disorders. Psychol Bull. 1985 May; 97(3):430-50.