The Rehabilitation of Long-stay Schizophrenic Patients who have had a Leucotomy

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Abstract
Leucotomy has been used to treat many patients with schizophrenia. Although some patients seem to have derived considerable benefit from the operation, a number have shown little or no improvement (Board of Control, 1947, Tooth et al., 1961). An appreciable number of schizophrenic patients who have had a leucotomy remain long-stay patients in mental hospitals. In the last few years there has been an increased emphasis on the rehabilitation of chronically disabled psychiatric patients and the purpose of this paper is to assess the response to rehabilitation of long-stay schizophrenic patients several years after a leucotomy operation.

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