Questions and Answers
What is the practice of trephining?
A prehistoric practice of chipping a hole in the skull
What mental disorders are psychotropic drugs used to treat?
Anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia
What is believed to be the root of psychosurgery?
Trephining
What is the purpose of psychosurgery?
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What is the main problem associated with the psychotropic drug revolution?
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Study Notes
- Psychotropic drugs are used to treat a variety of mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
- The psychotropic drug revolution has also produced some major problems, including the belief that the drugs are overused and that they do not help everyone.
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a form of biological treatment that is used to treat depression.
- Psychosurgery is a form of biological treatment that is used to treat mental disorders. It is thought to have roots as far back as trephining, the prehistoric practice ofchipping a hole in the skull of a person who behaved strangely.
- Today’s psychosurgery procedures are much more precise than the lobotomies of the past.
- al and are used only after certain severe disorders have continued for years without responding to any other form of treatment.
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