Prefrontal lobotomy in chronic schizophrenia Frontal Lobe -- surgery Psychosurgery Schizophrenia -- surgery This film shows the improvement that can result from prefrontal lobotomy in chronic psychotics. Four patients are shown before and after the operation. Patients include one 25-year-old aggressive female, one 22-year-old aggressive male, one female who had been catatonic for five years, and one 26-year-old Ph.D. who has had catatonic lapses in the last three years. All patients appeared calmer and more sociable after surgery. Only the five-year catatonic female had to continue hospitalization after the lobotomy, although she had improved greatly. Filmed at the Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska. Credits: A.E. Bennett. Received: (date unknown); donation; from Psychological Cinema Register of Pennsylvania State University. [State College, Pa. : Psychological Cinema Register of the Pennsylvania State College, c1944 Bennett, Abram Elting, 1898-1985. Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital (Omaha, Neb.). Psychiatric Department Pennsylvania State College. Psychological Cinema Register. Case Reports Instructional Film and Video Moving image 019 min. Black and white Live action nlm:nlmuid-8601165A-vid 8601165A http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8601165A OCLC: 31663178 English The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/