Psychosurgery: description and outcome study of a regional service
| Autor: | D. J. E. Price, E. Dove, M. Hird, J. F. Wright, S. Pemberton, A. Butler, J. Marlow, A. K. Coughlan, P. Trigwell, R. P. Snaith, S. Rawson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Service (business)
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Audit Outcome (game theory) 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) medicine Right to know 030212 general & internal medicine Adverse effect Psychiatry business Psychosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatric Bulletin. 21:105-109 |
| ISSN: | 1472-1473 0955-6036 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/pb.21.2.105 |
| Popis: | The report indicates that a psychosurgery service can be established on a regional basis. The outcome study of the Yorkshire Regional Psychosurgery Service indicates that the treatment should retain a place in the treatment of patients who have failed to respond to other available approaches. For such patients (and their carers) life is a state of persisting torment. Some psychiatrists consider psychosurgery as a procedure not to be countenanced, or outmoded, but patients have a right to know what may be achieved by the treatment and at what cost in terms of possible failure to improve and adverse effects. An audit of the Regional Psychosurgery Service indicates a favourable result of the Intervention. All patients improved to some extent, some very remarkably, and no adverse effects were encountered. |
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