Therapies - Psychosurgery

Question 1

What’s the procedure behind DBS

Answer 1

• MRI or CT used to locate area of insertion
• two small holes drilled in the skull with electrodes being implanted
• wire goes under the skin to a pacemaker type battery pack

Question 2

What are the different types of psychosurgery

Answer 2

• DBS
• pre frontal leucotomy
• transorbital leucotomy
• bilateral cingulotomy

Question 3

What’s the procedure behind transorbital lobotomy

Answer 3

• Ice pick knife incerted above the eye lid
• the knife is then wiggled to break parts of tissue of the frontal lobe
• destroys links between the frontal lobe and the rest of the brain

Question 4

What illnesses was transorbital lobotomy supposed to treat

Answer 4

• Bipolar disorder
• depression

Question 5

What Illnesses was DBS supposed to cure

Answer 5

Depression
OCD