2022
José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, Walter Freeman, and Psychosurgery: A Study in Contrasts
Fins J, Vernaglia J. José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, Walter Freeman, and Psychosurgery: A Study in Contrasts. The Neuroscientist 2022, 29: 518-531. PMID: 35414307, DOI: 10.1177/10738584221086603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObject of critiquePhilosophical commitmentsEthical analysisPersonal libertyAntipsychiatry movementArchival sourcesHistorical antecedentsConflationDelgadoLegacyEthicsLibertyCritiqueProponentsHistorical recordsAntipsychiatryPredicatesNeuropsychiatric researchSomatic therapiesCommitmentMisrepresentationMidcenturyPsychosurgeryNotorietyAntecedents
2021
International Legal Approaches to Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders
Chandler J, Cabrera L, Doshi P, Fecteau S, Fins J, Guinjoan S, Hamani C, Herrera-Ferrá K, Honey C, Illes J, Kopell B, Lipsman N, McDonald P, Mayberg H, Nadler R, Nuttin B, Oliveira-Maia A, Rangel C, Ribeiro R, Salles A, Wu H. International Legal Approaches to Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2021, 14: 588458. PMID: 33519399, PMCID: PMC7838635, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.588458.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Neuromodulation, free will and determinism: lessons from the psychosurgery debate
Fins J. Neuromodulation, free will and determinism: lessons from the psychosurgery debate. Clinical Neuroscience Research 2004, 4: 113-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.cnr.2004.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Constructing an ethical stereotaxy for severe brain injury: balancing risks, benefits and access
Fins J. Constructing an ethical stereotaxy for severe brain injury: balancing risks, benefits and access. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2003, 4: 323-327. PMID: 12671648, DOI: 10.1038/nrn1079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrom psychosurgery to neuromodulation and palliation: history's lessons for the ethical conduct and regulation of neuropsychiatric research
Fins J. From psychosurgery to neuromodulation and palliation: history's lessons for the ethical conduct and regulation of neuropsychiatric research. Neurosurgery Clinics Of North America 2003, 14: 303-319. PMID: 12856496, DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(02)00118-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric illnessDeep brain stimulationObsessive-compulsive disorderEra of psychosurgerySevere psychiatric illnessTreat psychiatric illnessBrain stimulationTreatment of Parkinson's diseaseModulation of consciousnessTraumatic brain injurySomatic therapiesNeuropsychiatric researchPrefrontal lobotomyBrain injuryCongressional callsPsychosurgeryParkinson's diseaseImplanted deep brain stimulationNeuromodulationIllnessHistory lessonsPsychiatristsPsychiatryLobotomyWidespread condemnation