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Lobotomy
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It consists of cutting the connections to and from, or simply destroying, the prefrontal cortex. These procedures often result in major personality changes.
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Lobotomies have been used in the past to treat a wide range of mental illnesses including schizophrenia, clinical depression, and various anxiety disorders. Since the development of such antipsychotic drugs such as Thorazine in the 1950s, lobotomies and other forms of psychosurgery have become generally obsolete.
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They reach the frontal lobe tissue through the tear ducts. A mallet is used to force a surgical instrument akin to an ice pick through the thin layer of skull at the top of the eye socket. The pick is then wiggled to damage the frontal lobe.
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This technique could be performed in a doctor's office rather than in an operating room, and required only a few minutes to perform.
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