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Patients' Stories
What was the effect of transorbital lobotomies? How did the lives of patients and their families change as a result of the procedure?
Learn about three people who received transorbital lobotomies in these video interviews -- including one with a man who received a lobotomy from Walter Freeman when he was twelve. Then, read a current doctor's comments on treatment options today.
Angelene Forester remembers Walter Freeman's first transorbital lobotomy patient -- her mother Ellen Ionesco.
Janice Jones-Thomson and her sister Leslie Jones McPartland look back on the lobotomy done to their mother, Beulah Jones.
Howard Dully discusses the lobotomy that Walter Freeman performed on him when he was twelve.
Treatment options today
Dr. David Brendel, associate medical director of The Pavilion at McLean Hospital.
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