A01 biological therapies (drug treatment)

Question 1

What are the 2 types of drug treatments

Answer 1

Anti psychotic drugs

Antidepressant drugs

Question 2

What are the 2 types of anti psychotic drugs

Answer 2

Conventional anti psychotics

Atypical anti psychotics

Question 3

Talk about conventional anti psychotic drugs

Answer 3

Used mainly to combat postie symptoms of schizo

Block the action if dopamine in the brain by binding to but not stimulating dopamine receptors

Question 4

Talk about atypical drugs

Answer 4

Act by only temporarily binding to the receptors and then rapidly dissociation to allow normal dopamine transmission

This may explain why atypical drugs have less side effects than conventional ones