History and Ethics of Psychosurgery Course
This course explores the historical evolution of psychosurgery and equips learners with the knowledge to navigate contemporary ethical, legal, and human rights challenges in clinical and research settings.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This short course looks into the history of psychosurgery, from the old days of lobotomies to today's deep brain stimulation, and prepares you to handle current ethical, legal, and human rights issues. You will learn to assess risk-benefit balances, ensure proper consent for vulnerable groups, deal with conflicts of interest, follow key guidelines, and put in place strong monitoring, follow-up, and communication in actual clinical and research choices.
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Develop skills
- Apply key medical ethics to psychosurgery choices with assurance.
- Assess candidates for deep brain stimulation using straightforward consent, capacity, and risk protections.
- Spot stigma, power differences, and pressure in psychosurgery work.
- Handle guidelines for deep brain stimulation and psychosurgery, human rights, and device rules.
- Create strong ethical protocols for psychosurgery with monitoring and follow-up.
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