lobotomy Article

Have lobotomies ever been a popular procedure?

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Lobotomies were performed on a wide scale in the 1940s, with one doctor, Walter J. Freeman II, performing more than 3,500 by the late 1960s. The practice fell out of favour in the mid-1950s, when less extreme mental health treatments like antidepressants and antipsychotics came into use. They are rarely, but occasionally, used today. Learn more.