Use of leucotomy for XXXX : a long-term follow-up study.

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OBJECTIVE: We studied the long-term outcomes of @entity1278 treated with leukotomy and specialized psychotherapy over 20 years ago. METHOD: All traceable subjects were interviewed using the Eating Disorders Examination (EDE) and the @entity922 ( @entity922 ). They also completed questionnaires. Detailed histories were taken. RESULTS: Four of five female subjects were traced. Their cases had been severe, with failure of previous intensive psychotherapy and now with high risk of death from terminal inanition. One @entity1 had committed suicide, whereas the others enjoyed a reasonable quality of life. Persistent core psychopathology was evident, but @entity1 had not succumbed to weight loss. All suffered @entity308 and @entity148 , but endorsed their treatment, which had allowed sustained @entity1017 by release of appetitive behavior, provision of a license to change, and alleviation of @entity148 , allowing psychotherapeutic engagement. DISCUSSION: We argue that these outcomes are relatively favorable and would not have been possible without this latter engagement in specialist psychotherapy to address burgeoning panic at unavoidable @entity1017 .
