ranslated into laws (against such an act) in the United States in the 70's and in many other countries as well. In addition, the appearance of new anti psychotic and anti depressive drugs, such as Thorazine in the 50's, gave new means to combat most of the symptoms experienced by agitated and uncontrollable patients(Sabbatini, 1997).
             As of late, new advancement in the scientific community have spawned an interest in psychosurgery; but the argument against it is still is going strong. It has been proven that, "no significant activity of the brain occurs in isolation without
             correlated activity in other parts of the brain ("Panelist", 1996)"; and their is a strong opinion in the psychological community that "Violent behavior is not associated with brain disease and should not be dealt with surgically. At best, neurosurgery should rightfully concern itself with medical problems, a
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