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According to Moniz, all of his case studies proved to be beneficial in treating various mental disorders. He further states that these case studies and the data gathered from them speak for themselves and that "the results are not a mere coincidence." However, this report does lack general persuasiveness in that it is authored by the procedures inventor. For one, there is no peer review of the study and results, thus one has to read the article with bias from the author. If there was a peer review of the study, the article would have more credibility. Further, the report lacks any actual interview with the clients. Thus, the data is from...

The persuasiveness of the article would be greater if the clients were given an opportunity to express their independent views of the procedures effect and benefit.
Thus, the result is an article that is highly biased and more of an advertisement for a new procedure as told by the procedure's creator. As history has shown, Dr. Moniz's claim that the procedure is always safe and always beneficial was far from the truth.

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Moniz, Egas. Prefrontal Leucotomy in the Treatment of Mental Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1937 93: 1379-1385.

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Moniz, Egas. Prefrontal Leucotomy in the Treatment of Mental Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1937 93: 1379-1385.
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