@dr.matthew.parker: The name sounds as bad as it was. This is a practice of drilling holes into skulls to expose underlying tissue. Thousand of years ago, ancient cultures thought that mental illness resulted from a buildup of bad spirits. The treatment? Drill a hole and let the spirits out. Modern understanding and medical knowledge can identify that sometimes pressure in your skull can be catastrophic and must be addressed, but for psychiatric illness, this procedure was almost certainly never warranted. What ancient techniques psychiatric techniques have you heard about? #MentalHealth #psychiatry #MentalHealthAwareness #medicine #History