8.9 Flashcards
What is biomedical therepy?
This therapy uses medications and physiological treatments to treat psychological disorders
How can lifestyle changes help treat a disorder?
When a person eats right, exercises, and puts themselves in positive environment, a person can impact their physiology in a positive manner
What are therapeutic lifestyle changes most commonly used for?
To treat people with depression
Anti-anxiety medication
Helps depress an individual’s sympathetic nervous system
Antidepressant medication
Alters serotonin and norepinephrine in a person’s body
Antipsychotic medication
Targets dopamine and serotonin to treat both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Moodstabilizers
Works to stabilize manic and depressive episodes in individuals with bipolar disorder
Stimulants
Helps improve focus and attention of an individual (Helps people with ADHD)
Describe electroconvulsive therapy.
This is a biomedical therapy that uses electrical stimulation, magnetic stimulation, and deep brain stimulation
What is electroconvulsive therapy used for?
To treat individuals with severe depression that is resistant to other treatments
Explain what psychosurgery is and when it is used.
This is a treatment that will either remove or destroy brain tissue. This is only used on a microscale and as a last resort
How could psychosurgery help a person with a seizure disorder?
A surgeon could cut just the specific nerves that are involved in the seizure activity
