Freeman Was a Sociopath, Not a Psychopath.

The most common diagnosis for which Dr. Freeman prescribed brain scraping was schizophrenia. Other common ailments treated via ice picking were chronic pain and suicidal depression. The CIA hired Henley Loughlin, a psychiatrist, to report on the potential of lobotomies to help the Godfearing American government disable communists. In his classified report titled, Some Areas of Psychiatric Interest, Loughlin commented that the procedure would be adaptable to intelligence work.