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History and Ethics of Psychosurgery Course

History and Ethics of Psychosurgery Course
flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country

What will I learn?

This focused course covers the evolution of psychosurgery from early lobotomies to contemporary deep brain stimulation (DBS). It equips learners to assess risk-benefit ratios, ensure informed consent especially for vulnerable groups, handle conflicts of interest, adhere to key ethical guidelines, and establish strong oversight, follow-up, and communication protocols for clinical and research applications.

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Develop skills

  • Apply core medical ethics confidently to psychosurgery decisions.
  • Evaluate DBS candidates using clear consent, capacity, and risk safeguards.
  • Detect stigma, power imbalances, and coercion in psychosurgical practice.
  • Navigate DBS and psychosurgery guidelines, human rights, and device regulations.
  • Design ethically robust psychosurgery protocols with oversight and follow-up.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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