History and Ethics of Psychosurgery Course
This course explores the historical evolution of psychosurgery from lobotomies to contemporary deep brain stimulation (DBS), emphasizing ethical, legal, and human rights frameworks to guide clinical and research practices.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This short course looks into the history of psychosurgery, from the early days of lobotomies to modern DBS, and helps you handle today's ethical, legal, and human rights standards. You will learn to assess risk-benefit ratios, protect consent for vulnerable people, deal with conflicts of interest, follow top guidelines, and put in place strong oversight, follow-up, and communication in real clinical and research choices.
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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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