Biomedical Therapy and Psychopharmacology

Prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the person's physiology.

The study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior.

Used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder.

<p>They are used to control anxiety and agitation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and trauma.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Antidepressant drugs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biomedical</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drug therapies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They help avoid the placebo effect and researcher's bias.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Normal recovery among untreated persons</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Disorders in which hallucinations or delusions indicate some loss of contact with reality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They reduce symptoms without resolving underlying problems, can become addictive, and can produce withdrawal symptoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The birth of new brain cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Placebos accounted for about 75 percent of the active drug's effect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By assigning people to treatment and no-treatment conditions to compare improvements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>antidepressants; antipsychotic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for severely depressed patients, along with other treatments like rTMS.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It removes or destroys brain tissue in hopes of modifying behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Magnetic stimulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eat a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They aim to prevent psychological disorders by fostering nurturing environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It helps in preventing psychological disorders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It helps ward off psychological disorders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Preventive mental health aims to prevent suffering by addressing root causes, while psychological and biomedical therapies relieve existing suffering.</p> Signup and view all the answers