A major reason for the decline in the use of frontal lobotomies was that:
A. the majority of patients were turned into "vegetables"
B. it received negative publicity from movies like One Flew Over the Cuckoo‘s Nest
C. antipsychotic drugs were developed that better controlled behavior
D. the operation caused severe memory loss in patients
Answer: C
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