PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Deinstitutionalisation, Antidepressant, Eclecticism In Art
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Aversion therapy: behavior therapy in which an aversion stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits an undesirable response, not widely used. Treatment with drugs: biomedical therapies physiological interventions intended to reduce symptoms associated with psychological disorders, psychopharmacotherapy treatment of mental disorders with medication (i. e. drug. Used in inpatient treatment of patients with bipolar mood disorders: used to prevent future episodes and cure current manic/depressive episodes, evaluating drug therapies , critics not effective, short-lived effects, over-prescribed, side effects. Electromolecular therapy (ect: ect biomedical treatment in which electric shock is used to produce a cortical seizure accompanied by convulsions, effectiveness is undetermined, risks associated with ect memory loss, impaired attention. Eclectism practice of therapy involving drawing ideas from two or more systems of therapy instead of committing to just one system. Transferring treatment of mental illness from inpatient institutions to community based facilities emphasizing outpatient care.
