Therapy - Biomedical Therapy

11 important questions on Therapy - Biomedical Therapy

4 types of biomedical therapies

1. Therapeutic lifestyle change 
2. Drugs
3. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
4. Psychosurgery

What is the therapeutic lifestyle change?

Our lifestyle affects our mental health

What does the double-blind procedure aim to do?

Reduce the placebo effect
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Long term effects of Thorazine

Tardive dyskinesia

Aim of antianxiety drugs

Depress (slow down) central nervous system activity

Are antianxiety drugs addictive? What happens when you stop taking it?

Yes. Experience increased anxiety and other withdrawal symptoms. You need a higher dosage

Aim of antidepressant drugs

Increase the availability of neurotransmitters (serotonin) which elevate arousal and mood

What are mood stabilizing medications good for? Lithium

Lithium is effective in reducing suicide in bipolar clients

Which type of clients is ECT used for? And how does it work?

Depressed clients who have not responded to drug therapy.
Manipulates brain by shocking it

Preventive mental health

Get out of toxic environments

What is posttraumatic growth?

Struggling with challenging crisis can lead to positive psychological changes

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