Deb Newell of Lakeside holds the copy of “My Lobotomy” that reconnected her with childhood friend Howard Dully, who at age 12 was one of the youngest patients to receive a lobotomy. (Brenda ...

From a dispute with her parents over her choice of boyfriend, a woman found herself in a mental health hospital and undergoing a "ruthless" psychiatric sleep treatment without her consent. Decades ...

My friend Jesper Vaczy Kragh has recently published an excellent book on the history of lobotomy in Denmark. Lobotomy was a psychosurgical treatment for mental illness that became popular during the ...

If you thought that scene in Sucker Punch where the doctor gave lobotomies with an ice pick was artistic exaggeration – well, it wasn’t. That’s exactly how Walter Freeman, a popularizer of lobotomies ...

KALISPELL — There's no logical explanation why Deb Newell chose a used book called "My Lobotomy" from the sale rack at the West Shore Community Library in Lakeside. She's typically drawn to historical ...