Psychosurgery

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Psychosurgery refers to surgical procedures on the brain used to treat severe psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder). However, human experimentation was also conducted in the past in severe cases of other serious neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, Tourette syndrome, or epilepsy.

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