"Psychosurgery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011612
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.600 F04.570.630
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukotomy- Leukotomy
- Leukotomies
- Leucotomy
- Leucotomies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Psychosurgery" by people in Profiles.
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Future directions in psychiatric neurosurgery: Proceedings of the 2022 American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery meeting on surgical neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders. Brain Stimul. 2023 May-Jun; 16(3):867-878.
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Behavioral Improvements following Lesion Resection for Pediatric Epilepsy: Pediatric Psychosurgery? Pediatr Neurosurg. 2023; 58(2):80-88.
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Neurosurgery for schizophrenia: an update on pathophysiology and a novel therapeutic target. J Neurosurg. 2016 Apr; 124(4):917-28.
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Dorsal anterior cingulotomy and anterior capsulotomy for severe, refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review of observational studies. J Neurosurg. 2016 Jan; 124(1):77-89.
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Neuroanatomical characteristics associated with response to dorsal anterior cingulotomy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Feb; 72(2):127-35.
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Response. J Neurosurg. 2013 Aug; 119(2):526.
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Cerebral Scedosporium apiospermum infection presenting with intestinal manifestations. Infection. 2013 Jun; 41(3):723-6.
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History of psychosurgery: a psychiatrist's perspective. World Neurosurg. 2013 Sep-Oct; 80(3-4):S27.e1-16.
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Beneficial effect of subsequent lesion procedures after nonresponse to initial cingulotomy for severe, treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Neurosurgery. 2013 Feb; 72(2):196-202; discussion 202.
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Limbic system surgery for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: a prospective long-term follow-up of 64 patients. J Neurosurg. 2013 Mar; 118(3):491-7.