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During the 1930s to 1950s, when treatments for severe mental illness were extremely limited, Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz introduced a brain surgery known as lobotomy. The procedure involved severing connections in the prefrontal cortex, a region responsible for emotions, personality, and decision-making. At the time, overcrowded ...
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