History and Ethics of Psychosurgery Course
This course delves into the history and ethics of psychosurgery, including deep brain stimulation (DBS), to enhance psychiatric practice. It teaches essential safeguards, consent strategies, and risk management tools, enabling professionals to protect vulnerable patients and make ethical, defensible clinical decisions in line with legal and human rights standards.

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.
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