Evaluation Psychosurgery- Effectiveness

Question 1

early psychosurgery
not good
fatality rate
comer 2002

Answer 1

P-inopropriate and ineffective
Ev-Fatality rate (amount of people who died) - 6%
servear side effects- eg- brain seizures, lack of emotion
Ex-COMER (2002) pearental responcses tto positive and negative emotions in anxious/non anxious children
not developed enough and lacked in eveidnec

Question 2

modern psychosurgery
what type of parients where helped
sample size
when should treatment be used
when was DBS effective
Mayburb 2005.

Answer 2

56% effective with OCD pateints
Copsulotomy 67% effective with OCD patients
only used 25 participanst- small sample
Brides et al (1994)- treatment should be used at last resort.
DBS- effcetive when treating server depression
Mayberb 2005 4/6 with disorder had stricking improvements. Stimulation of small area in frontal lobe