Practice mode Miscellaneous Economics

Which treatment for severe mental disorders has been largely abandoned?

Correct answer B. Psychosurgery

Explanation

Psychosurgery such as the prefrontal lobotomy, widely used in the 1940s and 1950s, was abandoned because of severe side effects and the arrival of antipsychotic drugs.

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