Neurosurgical Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
This book describes contemporary clinical practice in the application of neurosurgical methods to the treatment of psychiatric disorders. It covers diverse topics such as neuroimaging, ethics and a historical review, Gamma Knife and High Frequency Ultraso
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Neurosurgical Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
Neurosurgical Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
Bomin Sun Antonio De Salles •
Editors
Neurosurgical Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
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Editors Bomin Sun Ruijin Hospital, Center for Functional Neurosurgery Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
Antonio De Salles Neurosurgery University of California Los Angeles USA and HCor Neuroscience Sao Paulo Brazil
ISBN 978-94-017-9575-3 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9576-0
ISBN 978-94-017-9576-0
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Foreword I
Modern Psychiatric Surgery and Old Fears Although it is acceptable to prescribe medication to patients, damping brain circuitry, to a point that the patients’ cognition, sexual function, balance, and motor function are impaired, surgical procedures to improve brain function, guided to a specific disturbance detected by functional imaging are still in their infancy, chiefly for established psychiatric diseases. It is important that the specificity of t
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