psychosurgery
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- noun
- /ˌsaɪkoʊˈsɜrʤəri/
- Specialized
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psicocirugía
- The doctors decided to perform psychosurgery to treat her severe depression after other treatments failed.
- psychosurgery and lobotomy
Examples
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Thanks to a certain young man from Chicago... ...there'll be a new building on that lot... ...devoted to psychosurgery, dedicated to the memory of Sebastian Venable.
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After exploring various therapies, doctors recommended psychosurgery to help alleviate her debilitating anxiety.
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"We need a program of psychosurgery for political control of our society.
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The first to be devoted to psychosurgery in this state.
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Psychosurgery.
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The use of psychosurgery has sparked debates among mental health professionals regarding its efficacy and ethics.
Synonyms
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An operation that cuts nerves in the front brain to treat mental illness, often changing personality and thinking
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An operation that cuts connections in the front part of the brain and often changes thinking and personality
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Surgery that cuts connections in the front of the brain, once used to treat mental illness but often changes personality
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A surgery that cuts the connections from the brain's frontal lobe, often causing big changes in personality and thinking
A brain surgery that cuts connections in the front part of the brain and often changes personality
A brain surgery that cuts a deep band of nerve cells to reduce very severe mental illness symptoms
A brain operation that cuts part of the brain called the amygdala to reduce extreme violent behaviour
How Invasive
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Etymology
The word psychosurgery combines psycho- from Greek psyche meaning 'mind', seen in psychology, and surgery meaning 'an operation'. So psychosurgery literally means an operation on the mind or brain and is used to treat very severe mental or behavior problems when other treatments do not work.