Despite the lack of scientific evidence for its effectiveness, the lobotomy became a treatment of choice for severe mental illness in the United States and many other countries.
The history of psychosurgery contains many important lessons about the dangers of using treatment methods that have not been scientifically validated and have only testimonials and uncontrolled case studies for evidence.
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