Psychosurgery

Most current psychosurgeries require the patient to spend only a few days in the hospital. Physical complications following the more limited psychosurgeries are relatively rare but hemorrhage may occur following surgery and epilepsy sometimes develops even a number of months following the surgical procedure. In general, the effects of the surgery on the patient usually take some time before they can be observed and it is essential that the patient receive thorough postoperative care and return for follow-up assessment.

In order to increase the benefit of psychosurgery, most professionals involved in psychosurgery strongly recommend intense postoperative psychiatric care. It seems that some patients benefit more from various drug, behavioral, and psychotherapy treatments following a procedure than they did prior to it.