The advent of psychosurgery in Australia-with particular attention to its introduction into Sydney.

CONCLUSIONS: In New South Wales, from 1945 or 1946, prefrontal lobotomies were conducted in private clinics and in public hospitals but, because of legal and practical hurdles, it is unlikely that psychosurgery was performed in mental hospitals prior to December 1958. This paper gives some details regarding the participation of neurosurgeons and of the major public hospitals in psychosurgery, and touches on the attitudes within the Australian medical profession towards this dramatic new therapy. PMID: 26961203 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26961203?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - March 9, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: White RT, McGee-Collett M Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research