Posted by baseball55 on May 31, 2015, at 18:03:28
In reply to when did docs stop doing lobotomies?, posted by Christ_empowered on May 31, 2015, at 12:03:18
> I know: morbid. But seriously, when did docs stop lobotomizing people? A lot of basic articles say Tofranil, Meprobamate, Thorazine, and the MAOIs put an end to the practice, but it appears that lobotomies were still done well into the 1970s. I read one 1980 newspaper article about lobotomy that said 200 or so were still performed each year (!).
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> Do you think they still do them? Maybe in state mental hospitals?Interesting question. I'd love to know the answer. I don't think they're still done at all. I don't even think they are legal, or at least, would stand up to a malpractice case. I know some people have this idea that some state hospital system exists where people are held long term, etc. But, except for the criminally insane, there are virtually no long-term state hospital beds left in MA (where I live), nor in any of the surrounding states. Maybe this is different where you are?
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