TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychiatric neurosurgery
T2 - A historical perspective
AU - Kopell, Brian Harris
AU - Rezai, Ali R.
PY - 2003/4/1
Y1 - 2003/4/1
N2 - Psychosurgery. Psychiatric neurosurgery. Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders. Whatever the name, each of these refers to the surgical treatment of mental disease. Indeed, as many have pointed out, the most common term, "psychosurgery," is itself a misnomer, because the target of these procedures is not the "mind" or "psyche" but the neural substrates of higher cognitive function.
AB - Psychosurgery. Psychiatric neurosurgery. Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders. Whatever the name, each of these refers to the surgical treatment of mental disease. Indeed, as many have pointed out, the most common term, "psychosurgery," is itself a misnomer, because the target of these procedures is not the "mind" or "psyche" but the neural substrates of higher cognitive function.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037397182&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1042-3680(03)00002-0
DO - 10.1016/S1042-3680(03)00002-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12856487
AN - SCOPUS:0037397182
SN - 1042-3680
VL - 14
SP - 181
EP - 197
JO - Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
JF - Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -