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Use of medication and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the symptoms of mental disorders
Biomedical Therapy -
Refers to the study of drug effect on behavior, mood, and the mind
Psychopharmacology -
Reduces symptoms of schizophrenia, especially hallucinations
Antipsychotic -
Block dopamine receptors
Antipsychotics -
Side effects include obesity, diabetes, and movement problems
Antipsychotics -
Temporarily reduces worried thinking and physical agitation
Antianxiety -
Side effects include slowed thinking, reduced learning, dependence, and withdrawal
Antianxiety -
Improves mood and control over depressing and anxious thoughts
Antidepressants -
Increase levels of serotonin, sometimes norepinephrine, at synapses; possible neurogenesis
Antidepressant -
Side effects include dry mouth, constipation, and reduced sexual desire and or response
Antidepressant
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