A Case of Self-Inflicted Leucotomy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1987 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 151, pages 855-857 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: L, Solyom; I M, Turnbull; M, Wilensky;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.151.6.855

pmid: 3502814

A Case of Self-Inflicted Leucotomy

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A suicide attempt with a gun resulted in left frontal lobe damage in a 19-year-old obsessive man. While intelligence did not suffer and no frontal lobe syndrome emerged, the patient's obsessive rituals were significantly reduced

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Adult, Male, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Humans, Suicide, Attempted, Wounds, Gunshot, Frontal Lobe

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