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
2003
From 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