Psychosurgery

Introduction: Psychosurgery

Description of Psychosurgery

Psychosurgery: The treatment of mental disorders by operation on the brain, e.g., lobotomy.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Psychosurgery: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Psychosurgery: treatment of chronic, severe and intractable psychiatric disorders by surgical removal or interruption of certain areas or pathways in the brain, especially in the prefrontal lobes.
Source: CRISP

Psychosurgery: Treatment of chronic, severe and intractable psychiatric disorders by surgical removal or interruption of certain areas or pathways in the brain, especially in the prefrontal lobes.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Psychosurgery:

Terms Similar to Psychosurgery:

• Gyrectomy
• Leucotomy
• Leukotomy
• Lobotomy
• Topectomy

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Psychosurgery:

• amygdalotomy
• callosotomy
• callosectomy
• lobotomy
• leukotomy
• leucotomy
• prefrontal lobotomy
• prefrontal leukotomy
• prefrontal leucotomy
• frontal lobotomy

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Psychosurgery

• Neurosurgical Procedures
• Psychiatric Somatic Therapies

Source - MeSH 2007

• neurosurgery

Source - CRISP

• brain surgery

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Psychosurgery can be used for:

• cingulotomy
• gyrectomy
• leukotomy
• lobotomy
• mental surgery
• psychiatric surgery
• topectomy

Source: CRISP

The description of Psychosurgery may also be used for the following terms:

• brain surgery
• mental disorder therapy

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Psychosurgery

The following list attempts to classify Psychosurgery into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• brain surgery
• operation,surgery,surgical operation,surgical procedure,surgical process
• medical procedure
• procedure,process
• activity
• act,human action,human activity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
    • Psychosurgery

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
  • Psychiatric Somatic Therapies
    • Psychosurgery

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