An Overview of Psychosurgery: Neurosurgical Treatments and Disorders

This report provides an overview of psychosurgery, a neurosurgical treatment used for patients suffering from mental disorders and brain injuries. It discusses the evaluation process, treatment options (including medication and brain surgery), and the importance of counseling patients and their families due to the high risks involved in neurosurgical procedures. The report outlines the steps involved in neurosurgery, including physical examination, diagnosis, counseling, surgery preparation, surgery recovery, and after-surgery care. It highlights the pros, such as delivering treatment for medical disorders and brain injuries, and cons, including costly procedures and irreversible effects. Common neurological disorders treated with neurosurgery, such as Paranasal Sinus Cancer, Parkinson's Disease, and Pediatric Spinal Cord Tumors, are also listed. The report concludes by referencing several studies related to advanced planning, simulation, and clinical evaluation in neurosurgery.

Psychosurgery also known as Neurosurgery involves the treatment of patients suffering from
mental disorders and dieses. The treatment involved evaluating patients after which the
neurosurgeon prescribes a treatment for the condition. Treatment could take shape of consumption
of medication or may involve brain surgery to treat or rectify a medical disorder or injury which may
be affecting a patients stable state of mind.
Neurosurgery is complex and stressful surgical procedure but one which is necessary to
correct psychological disorders and treat brain injuries. This results in Neurosurgery
procedures needing to follow certain steps to improve the surgeries success rate:
• Physical examination
• Diagnosis
• Counseling
• Surgery Preparation
• Surgery recovery and
• After surgery care and support.
In most situations a patient will have to continue treatment for there entire life
Neurosurgery Disorders
Pros of Neurosurgery
• Deliver treatment to medial disorders
• Treatment of brain injury patients
• Helps correct mortar functions sight and functionality
• Treatment of tumors and other brain growths
Cons of Neurosurgery:
• Costly treatment and surgery procedures
• Complex and high risk procedures
• Irreversible effects
Introduction
Neurosurgery – How it Works
Pros and Cons of Neurosurgery
Treatment and Therapy
Neurosurgery involved complex surgical procedures which attract a high level of risk. This makes it
important for the surgeon to prepare the patients regarding the surgical procedure as well as explain the
risks involves. This results in making Neurosurgery procedures among the most difficult for patients and
their families to cope which as they attract a high risk of permanent and irreversible damage to the bran
and body function.
Patients and their families are therefore properly counseled over expensive periods of time to prepare
them for the procedure both psychologically as well as physically. Surgery is avoided but in most
situations surgery is the only option left for patients treatment.
Psychosurgery
Neurosurgical Treatment of Mental Disorder
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References
Some common neurological disorders include:
• Paranasal Sinus Cancer.
• Parasomnias.
• Parkinson's Disease.
• Partial Seizures.
• Pediatric Hydrocephalus.
• Pediatric Spinal Cord Tumors.
• Pediatric Trauma (Brain and Spine Injuries)
• Peripheral Neuropathies – Inherited.