Grimberg, Sharon.
Goodman, Barak.
Maggio, John.
Scott, Campbell.
El-Hai, Jack. Lobotomist.
Lobotomist.
American experience (Television program)
Goodman, Barak.
Maggio, John.
Scott, Campbell.
El-Hai, Jack. Lobotomist.
Ark Media (Firm)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Educational Foundation.
PBS Home Video.
Depression, Mental -- Surgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Psychosurgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Depression (Psychology) -- Surgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary -- Television series.
Freeman, Walter, 1895-1972.
Grimberg, Sharon.
Goodman, Barak.
Maggio, John.
Scott, Campbell.
El-Hai, Jack. Lobotomist.
Ark Media (Firm)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Educational Foundation.
PBS Home Video.
Frontal lobotomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Depression, Mental -- Surgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Psychosurgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Depression (Psychology) -- Surgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Based, in part, on the book The lobotomist: a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness, by Jack El-Hai.
Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS program American experience.
Ark Media (Firm)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Educational Foundation.
PBS Home Video.
Frontal lobotomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Depression, Mental -- Surgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Psychosurgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Depression (Psychology) -- Surgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary -- Television series.
Freeman, Walter, 1895-1972.
WGBH Educational Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Home Video,
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary -- Television series.
Frontal lobotomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Freeman, Walter, 1895-1972.
The medical procedure, lobotomy, was considered a groundbreaking procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. What began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often with devastating results. The neurologist, Walter Freeman, in little more than a decade after his rise to fame, was decried as a moral monster, and that the lobotomy was one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Through interviews with former patients and their families, students, and medical historians, get an unprecendented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric history.
Angel of mercy or medical monster -- Ellen Ionesco's story -- Warehoused patients and experimental treatments -- Dr. Freeman's research -- Refining the procedure -- Production line lobotomies -- Training others -- Beulah Jones' story -- The West Virginia lobotomy project -- Fighting critics -- Howard Dully's story -- Freeman's final journey.
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2008.
The medical procedure, lobotomy, was considered a groundbreaking procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. What began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often with devastating results. The neurologist, Walter Freeman, in little more than a decade after his rise to fame, was decried as a moral monster, and that the lobotomy was one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Through interviews with former patients and their families, students, and medical historians, get an unprecendented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric history.
Sharon. Grimberg
Barak. Goodman
John. Maggio
Campbell. Scott
Jack. Lobotomist. El-Hai
Mass.) WGBH (Television station : Boston
The lobotomist
Lobotomist.
American experience (Television program)
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