Translations for psychosurgery in the English»French Dictionary

psychosurgery [Brit sʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈsəːdʒ(ə)ri, Am ˌsaɪkoʊˈsərdʒəri] N

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psychosurgery

psychochirurgie f

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Some hospitals still used psychosurgery to treat chronic schizophrenia, in others the only indications were depression or obsessive illness. en.wikipedia.org

Dissatisfied with the results, they ceased further attempts at psychosurgery. en.wikipedia.org

New treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery were used at the hospital. en.wikipedia.org

Some doctors prefer the term neurosurgery for mental disorder (NMD) to psychosurgery. en.wikipedia.org

These included the convulsive therapies (cardiazol/metrazol therapy and electroconvulsive therapy), deep sleep therapy and psychosurgery. en.wikipedia.org

The acceptance of high-risk treatments led to more invasive medical interventions including psychosurgery. en.wikipedia.org

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