My passion for and dedication to neurosurgery education throughout my career have given
me the opportunity to meet with many dedicated and brilliant neurosurgeons around the …

Since the beginning of recorded history, humans have sought a physical means of altering
disordered behavior and consciousness. This quest has spawned numerous innovations in …

Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders (NPD) has been practiced for> 80 years. However,
the interests have waxed and waned, from 1000s of surgeries in 1940–1950s to handful of …

Abstract Knowledge of neuroscience flourished during and in the wake of the era of frontal
lobotomy, as a byproduct of psychosurgery in the late 1930s and 1940s, revealing …

In this article, the authors examine the growth of the discipline of psychiatric surgery from the
earliest lesioning procedures to the neuroaugmentative strategies used today. Special …

Aims. To obtain an up-to-date review of the different possible surgical approaches in the
management of certain psychiatric disorders that are refractory to conservative treatment …

Introduction. Neurosurgical opportunities in global health inequities in: Neurosurgical Focus
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Aims To obtain an up to date review of the different possible surgical approaches in the
management of certain psychiatric disorders that are refractory to conservative treatment …

Background Global mental health is a relatively new field that has focused on disparities in
mental health services across different settings, and on innovative ways to provide feasible …

In the following article, we define the practice of global neurosurgery and review the major
historical events defining this movement within the larger context of global surgery. The …