13.2 Reducing Disorder Biologically: Drug and Brain Therapy

Question 1

biomedical therapies

Answer 1

• treatments designed to reduce psychological disorder by influencing the action of the central nervous system

Question 2

antidepressant medications

Answer 2

• drugs designed to improve moods

Question 3

antianxiety medications

Answer 3

• drugs that help relieve fear or anxiety

Question 4

antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics)

Answer 4

• drugs that treat the symptoms of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders

Question 5

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Answer 5

• a medical procedure designed to alleviate psychological disorder in which electric currents are passed through the brain, deliberately triggering a brief seizure

Question 6

transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Answer 6

• a medical procedure designed to reduce psychological disorder that uses a pulsing magnetic coil to electrically stimulate the brain

Question 7

psychosurgery

Answer 7

• surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in the hope of improving disorder