The Lobotomist: Video Analysis

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After watching the video “The Lobotomist,” in my own personal opinion, lobotomy is an absolutely unethical procedure that completely disregards moral values. I highly disapprove of the procedure involving deliberately severing neural connections. Also, the fact that informed consent was practically nonexistent during that time (16:07) is quite bewildering to me. However, I understand that before the 1950s (before the drug Thorazine came about), there was no other effective treatment – there were interventions such as shock therapy and intentional insulin overdose that proved to be unsuccessful (10:16). Moreover, those with mental illness seemed to be desperate for a solution. I acknowledge the fact that lobotomy was certainly groundbreaking