michaelmaxphillips

It was probably the casual experiment done an Oregon VA hospital, where they took four mentally ill vets and gave them fake lobotomies to see if there was a placebo effect. There wasn't. So they the doctor went back and gave them real lobotomies.

I'd add one other shocking thing. The Roanoke VA hospital listed two vets lobotomized for "Psychosis, with psychotic personality (homosexuality)."

Wow. I think I like this Reddit thing.

Sorry. This question slipped by me.

I honestly don't feel qualified to give you an answer. I just don't know enough about the drugs to be able to say. Apologies.

I will say, though, that one of the prominent aspects of lobotomy is that it's irreversible. Once the neural fibers are cut, the impact is permanent.

Several people have told me about relatives - uncles, grandfathers - who were lobotomized by the VA around WWII. We found solid evidence of roughly 2,000 VA lobotomies, but I suspect there were hundreds more out there.