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Lobotomy is rarely, if ever, performed today, and if it is, “it’s a much more elegant procedure,” Lerner said. “You’re not going in with an ice pick and monkeying around.” The removal of specific brain areas (psychosurgery) is reserved for treating patients for whom all other treatments have failed. WhenRead More →

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The modern lobotomy originated in the 1930s, when doctors realized that by severing fiber tracts connected to the frontal lobe, they could help patients overcome certain psychiatric problems, such as intractable depression and anxiety. Can you survive a lobotomy? But the majority of patients did not do well — someRead More →