Can anyone explain the procedure in more detail and tell me why its necassary? Also what exactly the results are.
2006-10-11 09:34:28 · 11 answers · asked by Fleos 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Having teenagers will do it.
2006-10-11 09:41:43 · answer #1 · answered by LINDA G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fronta lobotomy. They used to remove the frontal lobe of the brain because it is the part which deals with emotions including anger so afterwards the patient became unemotional.
Unfortunately emotions are also what go to make up a personality so that was lost in the operation too.
2006-10-11 09:43:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
frontal lobotomy
It's used when people have erratic thought patterns or seizures. It's usually a last ditch attempt to help some huge problem associated with the brain.
The procedure involves removing the front lobe of the brain while leaving the rest intact.
For those having seizures it can be good, but I don't think it ever is the best answer.
2006-10-11 09:44:17 · answer #3 · answered by toomeymimi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lobotomy, also known as a leukotomy was popular before the mid 1950s because alternative treatments were scarce. "There was no other way of treating people who were seriously mentally ill," he says. "The drugs weren't introduced until the mid-1950s in the United States, and psychiatric institutions were overcrowded... [Patients and their families] were willing to try almost anything"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy
and for a short history of the procedure:
http://www.lobotomy.info/index2.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/lobotomy
and a story about a man who received one as a 12 year old:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014080&ft=1&f=1007y
2006-10-11 09:46:47 · answer #4 · answered by shellbugger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lobotomy
2006-10-11 09:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by Smellymelly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lobomies were done regularly in the 1950's. I don't think they are done anymore. I believe research has proven that they were more harmful than helpful. Now a days, ECT is done which can also cause personality changes as a side effect.
2006-10-11 09:46:29 · answer #6 · answered by craftgirl03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lobotomy. not done legally in the us anymore. u basically become an idiot. not very consistant results. should have watched CSI last nite and you would have seen one.
2006-10-11 09:49:25 · answer #7 · answered by mongo862001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.........
2006-10-11 09:43:41 · answer #8 · answered by tg315 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lobotomy...a section of your brain is removed
2006-10-11 09:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by Tiffany 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy
2006-10-11 09:41:56 · answer #10 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋