After having tried numerous pharmacological treatments and years of unsuccessful psychotherapies,as a last resort attempt to treat her unbearable obsessive compulsive disorder,Janis agreed to a(n)___________________.

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Of the options given, the only treatment that is currently used for severe cases of obsessive compulsive disorder is a cingulotomy, which involves the use of neurosurgery to lesion a specific area of the brain called the cingulate gyrus. Electroconvulsion and lobotomy are outdated and controversial treatments that are no longer used, while brain transplants are not a viable option for treating mental health disorders.

After Having Tried Numerous Pharmacological Treatments and Years of Unsuccessful