Objective To explore the clinical safety and efficacy of bilateral stereotactic cingulotomy against psychological dependence in heroin addicts and the possible mechanism it works.
Physical addiction to heroin means it is very tough to stop taking the drug as the body changes, putting the user through traumatic mental and physical side effects.
Her physical organization, moreover, being at once delicate and healthy, gave her a perception, operating with almost the effect of a spiritual medium, that somebody was near at hand.