A Case of Self-Inflicted Leucotomy
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 151 (6) , 855-857
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.151.6.855
Abstract
A suicide attempt with a gun resulted in left frontal lobe damage in a 19-year-old obsessive man. While intelligence did not suffer and no frontal lobe syndrome emerged, the patient's obsessive rituals were significantly reducedThis publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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