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Mental illness is rampant in every society, in all sorts of forms. Curing mental illness, or even alleviating it, usually ranges from difficult to impossible. So imagine the fascination of Minneapolis ...
It was hailed by the New York Times as "surgery of the soul," a groundbreaking medical procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. But what began as ...
Robert Schwentke has been tapped to direct the HBO drama pilot “The Lobotomist,” with Daniel Thomsen on board to write the script. Thomsen will co-exec produce and Aaron Criswell is set as a ...
Journalist Jack El-Hai is the author of The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness. El-Hai is the executive vice president of the American ...
In a book that will rank with Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in the realm of outstanding medical ethics narratives, Luke Dittrich uncovers the story of his grandfather, a neuros ...
Frank Freeman remembers hiking with his father in the woods, going fishing with him, and setting off on cross-country driving trips that could last for weeks. He also recalls one occasion in 1952 when ...