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The Lobotomist

Author : Jack El-Hai
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470098309
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Lobotomist written by Jack El-Hai and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-02-09 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Drawing on Freeman’s documents and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look at the life and work of this complex scientific genius. The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the twentieth century. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, M.D., who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Although many patients did not benefit from the thousands of lobotomies Freeman performed, others believed their lobotomies changed them for the better. Drawing on a rich collection of documents Freeman left behind and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look into the life of this complex scientific genius and traces the physician's fascinating life and work.

Introduction to Neuropsychology

Author : J. Graham Beaumont
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1593850689
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Neuropsychology written by J. Graham Beaumont and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2008-05-21 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding text gives students a solid grounding in clinical and experimental neuropsychology. The author is a leading authority whose engaging writing style and thorough yet concise coverage of brain localization, anatomy, and their links to cognitive function make the book ideal for undergraduate or graduate use. It is illustrated with more than 60 figures, including six color plates.

Essays in Honour of Michael Bliss

Author : Alison Li
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802090974
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Essays in Honour of Michael Bliss written by Alison Li and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading public intellectual, Michael Bliss has written prolifically for academic and popular audiences and taught at the University of Toronto from 1968 to 2006. Among his publications are a comprehensive history of the discovery of insulin, and major biographies of Frederick Banting, William Osler, and Harvey Cushing. The essays in this volume, each written by former doctoral students of Bliss, with a foreword by John Fraser and Elizabeth McCallum, do honour to his influence, and, at the same time, reflect upon the writing of history in Canada at the end of the twentieth century. The opening essays discuss Bliss's career, his impact on the study of history, and his academic record. Bliss himself contributes an autobiographical essay that strengthens our understanding of the business of scholarship, teaching, and writing. In the second section, the contributors interrogate public mythmaking in the relationship between politics and business in eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century Canada. Further sections investigate the relationship between fatherhood, religion, and historiography, as well as topics in health and public policy. A final section on 'Medical Science and Practice' deals with subjects ranging from early endocrinology, lobotomy, the mechanical heart, and medical biography as a genre. Going beyond a collection of dedicatory essays, this volume explores the wider subject of writing social and medical history in Canada in the late twentieth century.

Psychosurgery

Author : United States. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychosurgery written by United States. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Psychosurgery

Author : M.A. O'Callaghan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401097038
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Psychosurgery written by M.A. O'Callaghan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the therapies that comprise psychiatric practice, the use of brain surgery to modify behaviour is the most contentious. That such behavioural neuro surgery, or psychosurgery, provokes opposition is far from surprising. The paramount status of the brain seems to belie mechanical intervention. The irreversible nature of the intervention seems to aggravate the outrage. Thus, opponents of the practice contend that psychosurgical procedures constitute a grievous assault on the integrity of the personality. Its proponents, on the other hand, confidently testify that it is a valid and efficacious form of treat ment for many seemingly intractable psychiatric disorders. Argument and counterargument have pursued the practice since its initial upsurge in the 1940s, although the decline in its popularity in the 1960s occasioned a tem porary cease-fire. However, the recent resurgence of psychosurgery has ensured that it is once again a matter of controversy. In the United Kingdom the characteristically subdued tenor of the debate frequently obscures the popularity of the practice and the commitment of its opposition. A recent application by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to the Medical Research Council for funds to mount a large controlled trial of psychosurgical procedures was turned down. Several opposition lobbyists might claim some credit for the proposal's lack of success. The Schizophrenia Association of Great Bri tain clearly and publicly expressed their disapproval of the trial. The Patient's Protection Law Committee presented Parliament with a petition condemning the Royal College's submission.

Psychosurgery

Author : USA National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Psychosurgery written by USA National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Personality And The Frontal Lobes

Author : Asenath Petrie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136298754
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Personality And The Frontal Lobes written by Asenath Petrie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Volume IV of nineteen in a collection on Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Originally published in 1953, this study is an investigation of the psychological effects of different types of leucotomy.

Neuropsychology

Author : Michael S. Gazzaniga
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461339448
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Neuropsychology written by Michael S. Gazzaniga and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology moves into a second volume, it is appropriate to take into general account the scope and content of this series. In its broadest sense, behavioral neurobiology is the study of the behaviors of animal organisms with reference to their neurological bases. The overall objective of this handbook series is to assemble, in ten volumes, a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the major areas that comprise behavioral neurobiology. Within such a framework, it is possible to provide the fundamental concepts, methods, and substantive advancements in these fields in a manner that will be useful to and that will also serve as a reference source for researchers educational programs who desire a well-balanced overview of the component areas of neurobiology. The intent in each volume has been to bring together a spectrum of approaches and disciplines that focuses upon the topic at hand. The first volume presented and discussed the problems of sensory integration; the present work is concerned with the neurobiology of cognitive processes; and forthcoming volumes will include the topics of motor coordination, learning and memory, biological rhythms, motivation, sexual behavior, social behavior and communication, and the evolution of nervous systems and behavior. Thus the purpose of the editors in planning this series has been to offer a distinct handbook, employing the many varied and prevailing avenues of attack upon current problems in behavior and neurological processes, that should prove of unique value and usefulness to professionals and students alike.

Handbook of Studies on Depression

Author : Graham D. Burrows
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483163822
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Studies on Depression written by Graham D. Burrows and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Studies on Depression is a collection of papers on the research and general overview of studies on depression from many countries of the world. Divided into four sections, the handbook presents an international coverage of depression, which is becoming a major worldwide clinical problem. Section I is a collection of studies in classification, phenomenology, etiology of depression, and the classification of depression and response to treatments. The genetic factors contributing to depression, effects on children, and the affective symptoms in non-western countries are described. Section II focuses on studies in the treatment of depression, examining the modes of actions of antidepressants, the use of electroconvulsive treatment, and psychosurgery for depressive illnesses. Section III moves forward to the research made on depression, including problems in clinical research, the discovery of effective antidepressant and antimanic drugs, and research into clinical psychoendocrinology, particularly on the function of the adrenal cortex in depression. Concluding this section is a paper on which depression includes a broad spectrum of psychopathology, making biological research more difficult. The last section is a discussion on the aspects of depression. Common topics examined are the management of bereavement; suicide; the side effects of tricyclic antidepressants on cardiac function; and the management of drug over dosage, especially those acts associated with depression. Psychologists, psychiatrists, medical students, school counselors, marriage guidance counselors, select members of the police force, and even parents who are interested in the subject of depression will find this handbook both useful and informative.

Clinical Neuroanatomy

Author : John Mendoza
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387366016
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Clinical Neuroanatomy written by John Mendoza and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Neuroanatomy offers an extensive review of higher cortical – behavioral functions and their anatomical substrates. The book begins with a review of the basic internal and external morphology, major nerve and fiber tracts, behavioral correlates, and clinical syndromes associated with spinal cord, brain stem, and cerebellum, reacquainting readers with the functional anatomy of the subtentorial central nervous system. The central chapters offer more detailed, integrated, and, at times, theoretical models of cortical systems and their internal organization. Additional chapters highlight vascular anatomy and neurochemical systems. Nearly 300 illustrations help identify key structures and pathways, as well as providing clinical and pathological examples.

Psychosurgery in the Treatment of Mental Disorders and Intractable Pain

Author : Walter Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Psychosurgery in the Treatment of Mental Disorders and Intractable Pain written by Walter Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychochirurgie.

A Transdiagnostic Approach to Obsessions, Compulsions and Related Phenomena

Author : Leonardo F. Fontenelle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107195772
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book A Transdiagnostic Approach to Obsessions, Compulsions and Related Phenomena written by Leonardo F. Fontenelle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a transdiagnostic framework, this book describes how mental health professionals can diagnose and treat OCD and related disorder.

An Odd Kind of Fame

Author : Malcolm Macmillan
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262632591
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book An Odd Kind of Fame written by Malcolm Macmillan and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the first case to reveal the relation between the brain and complex personality characteristics.

Appendix, Psychosurgery

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Download or read book Appendix, Psychosurgery written by United States. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Key Ideas in Psychology

Author : Ian Stuart-Hamilton
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1853023590
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Key Ideas in Psychology written by Ian Stuart-Hamilton and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible book has a simple aim - to tell people what psychology is about. It presents a review of the key areas of the subject as it is traditionally taught, and provides the reader with an introduction to important concepts and findings within each of these. The reader should be able at least to make sense of most psychological topics.

National Library of Medicine Current Catalog

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book National Library of Medicine Current Catalog written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Biological Foundations of Emotion

Author : Robert Plutchik
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483269647
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Biological Foundations of Emotion written by Robert Plutchik and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological Foundations of Emotion is a detailed account of the relations between brain structure, functions, and emotions based on the results of experimental work and theoretical modeling. A range of issues are examined, such as whether there are structures, circuits, or biochemical events in the brain that control emotional expressions or experience; the effects of lesions and electrical stimulation on emotions; and the role of genetics in the expression of emotion. Comprised of 16 chapters, this volume begins with a presentation of general models of brain functioning. The first chapter deals with the neural substrate for emotion and cites evidence showing that the conventional concept of a limbic system underlying all emotions is not adequate. The discussion then turns to ethological and evolutionary factors of emotion, with emphasis on neuroendocrine patterns of emotional response; ictal symptoms relating to the nature of affects and their cerebral substrate; the anatomy of emotions; and neural systems involved in emotion in primates. Subsequent chapters present different but overlapping brain models of aggression and examine the role of biochemistry in understanding emotions. This book will be of interest to biologists and psychologists.