Editing Psychosurgery (section)

===China===

In China, psychosurgical operations which make a lesion in the [[nucleus accumbens]] are used in the treatment of drug and alcohol dependence.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Wu | first1 = HM | last2 = Wang | first2 = XL | last3 = Chang | first3 = CW | last4 = Li | first4 = N | last5 = Gao | first5 = L | last6 = Geng | first6 = N | last7 = Ma | first7 = JH | last8 = Zhao | first8 = W | last9 = Gao | first9 = GD. |name-list-style=vanc| year = 2010 | title = Preliminary findings in ablating the nucleus accumbens using stereotactic surgery for alleviating psychological dependence on alcohol | journal = Neurosci. Lett. | volume = 473 | issue = 2| pages = 77–81 | doi = 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.02.019 | pmid = 20156524  | s2cid = 35067411 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1159/000075111 | last1 = Gao | first1 = G.D. | last2 = Wang | year = 2003 | first2 = X | last3 = He | first3 = S | last4 = Li | first4 = W | last5 = Wang | first5 = Q | last6 = Liang | first6 = Q | last7 = Zhao | first7 = Y | last8 = Hou | first8 = F | last9 = Chen | first9 = L | title = Clinical study for alleviating opiate drug psychological dependence by a method of ablating the nucleus accumbens with stereotactic surgery | journal = Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery | volume = 81 | issue = 1–4| pages = 96–104 | pmid = 14742971  | s2cid = 45838805 }}</ref> Psychosurgery is also used in the treatment of schizophrenia, depression, and other mental disorders.<ref name="Wall"/> Psychosurgery is not regulated in China, and its use has been criticised in the West.<ref name="Wall"/>