Application: the development of treatments

Question 1

By learning about how depression works and what causes it, we are able
to create therapies and medications to treat it. Sometimes, treatments are
discovered by accident, such as anti-psychotic medication. These were used at
first as an anti-histamine, which decreased the body’s response to things that
can cause an allergic reaction, and by accident they were found to reduce the
symptoms of psychosis.

Answer 1

Other treatments are psychologically based and involve
the client changing their perspective on their illness and how they react, such as
with cognitive behavioural therapy for treating depression.