Improvement in severe self-mutilation following limbic leucotomy: A series of 5 consecutive cases

Price B., Baral I., Cosgrove G., Rauch S., Nierenberg A., Jenike M., ...More

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY, vol.62, no.12, pp.925-932, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 62 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.4088/jcp.v62n1202
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.925-932
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background. The efficacy of neurosurgical intervention for self-mutilation behavior associated with severe, intractable psychiatric disorders remains undetermined. We report the effects of limbic leucotomy in 5 consecutive patients with severe self-mutilation behaviors.