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Greg Ellard, Jessicka Doheny, Rachel Cuttle, and Sorcha Doyle.

A Presentation on: Messing With My Head, by Howard Dully and Charles Flemming. Greg Ellard, Jessicka Doheny, Rachel Cuttle, and Sorcha Doyle. . What we will discuss. The book we have chosen The main characters of the story The relevance of abnormal psychology to the book

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Greg Ellard, Jessicka Doheny, Rachel Cuttle, and Sorcha Doyle.

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  1. A Presentation on: Messing With My Head, by Howard Dully and Charles Flemming Greg Ellard,Jessicka Doheny,Rachel Cuttle, andSorcha Doyle.

  2. What we will discuss • The book we have chosen • The main characters of the story • The relevance of abnormal psychology to the book • The accuracy of the information in the book • What we have learned during this project

  3. Messing With My Head • Is the story of Howard Dully’s life. • He received a transorbital lobotomy when 12 years old. • His stepmother arranged it and his farther agreed to it. • It was performed by Walter Freeman.

  4. Abnormal Psychology • Origins of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) • Where the lobotomy began • The death of the lobotmy • Misdiagnosis of Howard’s condition • Mental intuitions in the USA

  5. Accuracy of the book • Problems with the accuracy of the book: • Biased memories • Lack of medical training • Second hand information • What you can acknowledge as fact: • Freeman's process in deciding to give a lobotomy • Howard’s research into his own operation • The interviews for the radio programe

  6. What we have learned • About lobotomies • Psychology is not an exact science • Lack of regulations in place for the treatment and diagnosis of patients • That lobotomies and ECT are still being performed today – “under more humane conditions”

  7. Any Questions?

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