PSYC 1 Chapter 56: Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
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Psyc 1 textbook notes module 56: biomedical therapies and preventing. Biomedical therapies and preventing psychological disorders: biomedical therapy: prescribed medications/procedures that act directly on the person"s psychology. Drug therapies: psychopharmacology: study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior, double-blind procedure: neither the staff nor the patients know who gets the real medication and who gets the placebo. Antipsychotic drugs: antipsychotic drugs: drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder, tardive dyskinesia: involuntary movements of facial muscles, tongue, limbs. Antianxiety drugs: antianxiety drugs: drugs used to control anxiety and agitation. Antidepressant drugs: antidepressant drugs: drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive- compulsive disorder, and ptsd, ssri"s (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, neurogenesis: birth of new brain cells. Mood-stabilizing medications: mood-stabilizing drugs: help to regulate mood, lithium effective mood stabilizer. Electroconvulsive therapy: electroconvulsive therapy (ect): biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients; brief electric current sent through brain of anesthetized patient.
