The psychosurgery debate : scientific, legal, and ethical perspectives / edited by Elliot S. Valenstein.

San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, [1980], ©1980.

xiv, 594 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes indexes

Historical perspective : Rationale and surgical procedures : Extent of psychosurgery worldwide : Who receives psychosurgery? / Elliot S. Valenstein -- Patient selection / H. Thomas Ballantine -- Obsessional-compulsive disorders / Stanley Rachman -- Organic brain disease: a separate issue / Vernon H. Mark and William A. Carnahan -- Review of the literature on postoperative evaluation / Elliot S. Valenstein -- A prospective study of cingulotomy / Suzanne Corkin -- Two retrospective studies of psychosurgery / Allan F. Mirsky and Maressa Hecht Orzack -- The psychosurgery evaluation studies and their impact on the commission's report / Stephan L. Chorover -- Response to Dr. Chorover's critique of the psychosurgery studies / Allan F. Mirsky and Maressa Hecht Orzack -- Some conceptual tools for appraising psychosurgery / Michael H. Shapiro -- The sociopsychological model and behavior therapy / Alan E. Kazdin -- Causes and treatments of mental disorders / Elliot S. Valenstein -- Violence : a localizable problem? / Stephan L. Chorover -- The meaning of "experimental" / Gerald T. Perkoff -- Psychosurgery legislation and case law / Francis C. Pizzulli -- Malpractice liability for psychosurgery / Stephen J. Morse -- Regulation of psychosurgery / Robert J. Grimm -- The concept of informed consent / Samuel I. Shuman -- Legal and ethical reflections on neurosurgical intervention / William A. Carnahan and Vernon H. Mark -- Brain-disabling therapies / Peter R. Breggin -- Informed consent and review committees : Effective psychosurgery; the greater danger? / George J. Annas -- My case against psychosurgery / Gabe Kaimowitz -- Organic rehabilitation and criminal punishment / Richard Delgado -- The captive patient : a forgotten man / M. Hunter Brown.

Bibliography: p. 549-582