PSYC 1215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Electroconvulsive Therapy, Deep Brain Stimulation, Bipolar Disorder
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Started off the class with a question on the board : why? . He handed out these old shackles that weighed 10 pounds. They were super heavy and i did not enjoy trying to pass them along. 1/3-1/2: genetic: strongest predictor is a disordered family member. Psychological factors: severe family conflict possibly caused by. When regard mental illness as having physical basis, reasonable that intervention. The remedy should be appropriate for the cause. I. e. adjustment of the brain/central nervous system structure and/or function. Varieties of bio. medical intervention: electroconvulsive therapy (ect) (1930s) unknown, still controversial, psychosurgery, psychoactive medications. Still used, in usa - 100,000 annually as last resort . 6-12= treatments, alternate days (3 per week) Lose consciousness, later disoriented, variable periods of memory loss. Effectiveness: relief (esp. major depression), temporary, symptomatic, mechanisms. Current research: deep brain stimulation ( depression; ocd: cognitive-behaviour therapy (see bandura and mitchell: social cognitive therapy)
