Lobotomy is having a revival in psychiatry, now that it becomes more and more apparent that psychotropic drugs have failed.
Former child star Lena Zavaroni, who was suffering from anorexia nervoxa, died shortly after a lobotomy in 1999.
"BRAIN OP KILLS 4st LENA; Lobotomy at 35 was last-ditch bid to save her from slimming disease"
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"Lobotomy's Back
In 1949 lobotomy was hailed as a medical miracle. But images of zombielike patients and surgeons with ice picks soon put an end to the practice. Now, however, the practitioners have refined their tools."
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Peter R. Breggin
The Return of Lobotomy
and Psychosurgery
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