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From the reviews: The author has produced a very readable and honest account of this important subject. ... Psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, psychologists, medical/psychiatric historians, and other mental health practitioners would this book of interest. ... This is a superb book on the history and current state of this controversial procedure and a welcome addition to the psychiatric literature. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in psychiatry and psychiatric treatments. (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2014)

From the reviews: “The author has produced a very readable and honest account of this important subject. … Psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, psychologists, medical/psychiatric historians, and other mental health practitioners would this book of interest. … This is a superb book on the history and current state of this controversial procedure and a welcome addition to the psychiatric literature. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in psychiatry and psychiatric treatments.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2014)

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Dr Marc Lévêque began his studies in the field of psychiatry, then worked as the French ambassador physician in China before turning to neurosurgery. Trained at Leuven Catholic University and at Montreal University, he joined the neurosurgery department at the Marseille LaTimone hospital. He has contributed to many clinical research protocols on deep brain stimulation for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders and participated in a study on cortical stimulation for the treatment of refractory depression. Dr Lévêque is currently serving as a neurosurgeon at la Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.

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