#doctorreacts #reactionvideo #lobotomy #ratched
The LOBOTOMY is one of the most heinous "treatments" ever used, and it still casts a shadow over psychiatry today. As a current, real, psychiatry doctor, it makes me quite ashamed. This episode of Ratched is all about the lobotomy. Some of it isn't far wrong (some of it uses... some creative license shall we say).
The rationale behind the lobotomy was to try and sever the connections between the frontal lobe, specifically the prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortices and the thalamus. This reduces impulsivity and means someone stops showing the outward signs of being distressed. But it also took away any sense of personality. Without personality, are we human anymore?
Fortunately this was phased out in the 1950's as we discovered antidepressant and antipsychotic medications.
