Listen • 5:18 20160814_atc_lobotomy_and_memory.mp3 The story of Henry Molaison is a sad one. Known as Patient H.M. to the medical community, he lost the ability to create memories after he underwent a ...

Mental health professionals often feel helpless in the face of another’s extreme suffering. But we must exercise caution to ensure our interventions don’t inadvertently inflict additional pain. A ...

In the U.S., lobotomies are no longer used as surgery to treat psychiatric problems. Some other types of psychosurgery are still performed when other treatments have failed. Few medical procedures in ...

If you thought that scene in Sucker Punch where the doctor gave lobotomies with an ice pick was artistic exaggeration -- well, it wasn't. That's exactly how Walter Freeman, a popularizer of lobotomies ...

Lobotomies have always been controversial, but they were widely performed for more than two decades to treat mental illness. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

If you thought that scene in Sucker Punch where the doctor gave lobotomies with an ice pick was artistic exaggeration – well, it wasn’t. That’s exactly how Walter Freeman, a popularizer of lobotomies ...

Ryan Murphy is returning to Netflix for Ratched, a stylised prequel to One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, exploring the backstory of the eponymous nurse. Set largely in a psychiatric institution, the ...

Amazon’s new show Lore dropped on Friday the 13th, and naturally, being the weirdo that I am, I watched them all in one sitting. Luckily, the show is an episodic anthology, meaning that each episode ...