The Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Treating Psychiatric Disorders

Hamandi, Yasir M. H.

doi:10.52573/ipmj.2024.185927

	The Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Treating Psychiatric Disorders
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal
Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 4, October 2024, Pages 384-385 PDF (121.22 K)
Document Type: Editorial
DOI: 10.52573/ipmj.2024.185927
Author
Yasir M. H. Hamandi
Neurosurgery, Al-Nahrain College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq
Abstract
Today, psychosurgery is a minimally invasive and highly selective treatment performed only on some patients with severe, refractory treatment, affective, anxious, or obsessive-compulsive disorders. Recent advancements in technology and functional neuroanatomy as well as economic pressures to lower the cost of caring for the chronically ill may provide an opportunity for psychosurgery to become a more attractive option in the treatment of psychiatric disease.
Keywords
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery; Psychiatric Disorders

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