Lobotomy Nation The History of Psychosurgery and Psychiatry in Denmark 1st Edition by Jesper Vaczy Kragh 3030653056‎ 978-3030653057

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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3030653056

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3030653057

Author: Jesper Vaczy Kragh

This book tells the story of one of medicine’s most (in)famous treatments: the neurosurgical operation commonly known as lobotomy. Invented by Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz in 1935, lobotomy or psychosurgery became widely used in a number of countries, including Denmark, where the treatment had a major breakthrough. In fact, evidence suggests that more lobotomies were performed in Denmark than any other country. However, the reason behind this unofficial world record has not yet been fully understood. Lobotomy Nation traces the history of psychosurgery and its ties to other psychiatric treatments such as malaria fever therapy, Cardiazol shock and insulin coma therapy, but it also situates lobotomy within a broader context. The book argues that the rise and fall of lobotomy is not just a story about psychiatry, it is also about society, culture and interventions towards vulnerable groups in the 20th century.

 

Lobotomy Nation: The History of Psychosurgery and Psychiatry in Denmark 1st Table of contents:

State Mental Health Services—Danish Hospitals and the Directorate, 1922–1952

Malaria and the Interwar Years—Malaria Fever Therapy and Other Innovations in Psychiatry, 1922–1937

Shock and Coma—Insulin and Cardiazol Shock Therapy, 1937–1942

Psychiatric Cooperation—Shock Treatment, Diagnoses and Psychiatric Textbooks, 1938–1942

The Heyday of Lobotomy

Something Different—Lobotomy, Electroshock and Plans for Psychiatry, 1939–1947

The First of Many—Lobotomy and the State Mental Hospital in Vordingborg, 1940–1947

The Apostles of the Knife—Lobotomy, the Directorate and the General Public, 1946–1956

Last Resort?—Selecting Patients for Lobotomies in Vordingborg, 1947–1956

Women and the Problem of Psychopathy—Gender and Control in Vordingborg, 1947–1956

The Demise of Psychosurgery

A Question of Consent—Coercion and Consent to Lobotomy, 1946–1958

Lobotomia Sequelae—The Side-Effects of Lobotomy, 1955–1983

The Final Cut—Summary and Conclusion

 

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