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psychosurgery

[ sahy-koh-sur-juh-ree ]

noun

  1. treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.


psychosurgery

/ ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒɪkəl; ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ /

noun

  1. any surgical procedure on the brain, such as a frontal lobotomy, to relieve serious mental disorders
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • psychosurgical, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··ܰ·Dz [sahy-koh-, sur, -j, uh, n], noun
  • ··ܰ·· [sahy-koh-, sur, -ji-k, uh, l], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of psychosurgery1

First recorded in 1935–40; psycho- + surgery
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Nonetheless, as the “Johnny Appleseed of psychosurgery,” he barnstormed around the country like an evangelist, visiting asylums and touting lobotomies as a miracle cure.

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Women made up 75 percent of the patients receiving such “psychosurgery” from Walter Freeman and James Watts, two prominent U.S. practitioners.

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They wrote a book about the success of what they call the psychosurgery, and they talked about lots of case studies.

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The fascination with psychedelic drugs, psychosurgery, brain-stimulation devices, intravenous infusions, etc., is symptomatic of the current mental health crisis.

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Initially shocked that his method of pacifying a chimpanzee had been applied to humans, Fulton later became a proponent of psychosurgery.

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