History and Ethics of Psychosurgery Course
Explore the history and ethics of psychosurgery and DBS to strengthen your psychiatric practice. Learn safeguards, consent strategies, and risk management tools to protect vulnerable patients and make sound, defensible clinical decisions.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This concise course explores the history of psychosurgery, from early lobotomies to modern DBS, and equips you to navigate today’s ethical, legal, and human rights standards. Learn to evaluate risk–benefit ratios, safeguard consent in vulnerable populations, manage conflicts of interest, apply leading guidelines, and implement robust oversight, follow‑up, and communication practices in real clinical and research decisions.
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Develop skills
- Apply core medical ethics to psychosurgery decisions with confidence.
- 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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