file.newsgroup.med.58054 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (David Nye)
Subject: Re: Mental Illness
[reply to [email protected] (Derek Abbott)]
>Are there any case histories of severe mental illness cases remarkably
>recovering after a tragic accident or trauma (eg. through nobody's fault,
>being trapped in a fire and losing your legs, say)?
I know of a patient who was severely and chronically depressed and tried
to kill himself with a bullet to the temple. He essentially gave
himself a prefrontal lobotomy, curing the depression.
David Nye ([email protected]). Midelfort Clinic, Eau Claire WI
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