Calum MacKellar: Complex world of medicine

November 22, 2010

The festival is concentrating on psychiatric neurosurgery, that is, brain surgery to correct psychiatric disorders. To some, it may seem like science fiction or a holdover from a less enlightened era. However, neurosurgery has made a resurgence in Scotland today. Indeed, the Dundee Advanced Interventions Service at Ninewells Hospital, specialises in neurosurgery for mental disorders. (Scotsman)