Donnelly J
Am J Psychiatry. 1978 Dec;135(12):1476-80. doi: 10.1176/ajp.135.12.1476.
As part of the work of the APA Task Force on Psychosurgery, the author surveyed 1,901 neurosurgeons on how many psychosurgical procedures they performed in 1971, 1972 and 1973. A total of 1.481 questionnaires were returned: 195 neurosurgeons indicated they had performed a total of 476 procedures for intractable pain and 1.039 procedures for psychiatric conditions. Excluding the procedures reported by 4 neurosurgeons who performed more than 20 psychosurgical operations in any one of the three years, the number of psychosurgical operations in 575 for the three years, which the author suggests should allay fears about the abuse of psychosurgery.
作为美国心理学会精神外科特别工作组工作的一部分，作者就1971年、1972年和1973年他们所实施的精神外科手术数量，对1901名神经外科医生进行了调查。共收回1481份问卷：195名神经外科医生表示，他们总共实施了476例治疗顽固性疼痛的手术和1039例治疗精神疾病的手术。排除在这三年中的任何一年实施超过20例精神外科手术的4名神经外科医生所报告的手术，这三年的精神外科手术数量为575例，作者认为这应该可以消除人们对精神外科手术滥用的担忧。
