Posted by Shalom34Israel on December 1, 2004, at 19:33:11
In reply to Psychosurgery, posted by ed_uk on November 30, 2004, at 8:05:02
Psychosurgery is used by psychiatrists to control unruly patients who are unsatisfied with their psychiatric treatment. It does not treat the underlying mental illness. At present, scientists and psychiatrists do not understand the causes of serious mental illness.
Psychosurgery is NOT making any kind of serious comeback in the USA. In the UK, it may be another story but then again those people dont have the individual rights Americans have. In Australia, the original lobotomy is still legal, unfortunately.
Youve got to remember in these UK/British type countries they have a strong caste system and doctors are "authority figures" more than they are in America. Doctors in these countries can force treatments like psychosurgery more easily on patients than they can in America. In fact in America, its impossible to force a patient to have psychosurgery anymore. And has been since the early seventies. And things wont change here in the good ole USA either.
Psychosurgery is nothing but an infringement of individual civil rights plain and simple and doctors who perform it should be sent to prison. Its not tolerated in the USA and it shouldnt be tolerated anywhere. Its even outlawed in Russia!
Shalom
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