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The Biomedical Theories
- biomedical therapy-prescribed medicaitions or procedures, act directly on patient's nervous system
- --drugs, electroconvulsive shocks, magnetic impulses, psychosurgery
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Drug Therapies
psychopharmacology-study of drug effects on mind and behavior
- Antipsychotic Drugs:
- dampen responsiveness to irrelevent stimuli
- --most helpful to positive symptoms of schizo
- --chlorpromazine
- long term use of these drugs can result in tardive dyskinesia, involuntary movements of facial muscles, tongue, limbs
- atypical antipsychotics target dopamine and seratonin receptors
- --helps alleviate negative symptoms of schizo
- Antianxiety Drugs
- antiaxiety agents depress central nervous system activity
- Antidepressant Drugs
- increases availability of nonepinephrine or erotonin, neurotransmitters that elevate arousal adn mood
- or vice versa
- SSRI's-Selective-Seratonin-Reuptake-Inhibitors
- Mood Stabilizing Medications
- -LITHIUM
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Brain Stimulation
Electroconvulsive Therapy
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