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Biomedical Therapy Flashcards

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Somatic therapy?

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Dealing with the body

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Biomedical therapy?

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Drug therapy

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Anti-psychotic drugs?

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Block dopamine receptors

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Anti psychotic drugs treat?

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Schizophrenia, bipolar and mania

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Disadvantages of anti-psychotic drugs?

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Tardive dyskinesia

Parkinson’s like tremors

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Drugs of anti-psychotic

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Clorizal/clozapine
Haldol
Risperdal/risperidone
Thorazine
Zyprexa
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Anti anxiety drugs?

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Slows down nervous system activity

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Anti anxiety drugs are used for?

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OCD, PTSD, GAD, phobias, insomia

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Most anti anxiety drugs are benzodiazepines which means?

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Fast acting chemicals that reduce anxiety symptoms(WORK REALLY QUICKLY)
Know this ^

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Drugs for anti anxiety

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Ativan 
Buspar
Klonopin
Librium
Valium
Xanax
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Anti depressants

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Chemically elevating mood sensitive nuerotransmitters

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Anti depressants are mostly SSRI’s when means

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Selective serotonin reputable inhibitor

Forces serotonin to be absorbed

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Drugs for anti depressants

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Celexa
Cymbalta
Lexapro
Paxil
Prozac
Wellbutrin
Zoloft
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Mood stabilizers?

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Drugs that lessen mood swings

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Mood stabilizers Treat

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Bi polar disorders

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Drugs for mood stabilizers?

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Lithium carbonate/lithium citrate

Topamax

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Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT)

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For depressed people

An electric current is sent through a patients brain

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Psychosurgery

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Any surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in a effort to change behavior

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Lobotomy

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Type of psychosurgery that involves cutting the nerves of the frontal lobe from the emotional-controlling centers of the inner brain to calm a patient

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Disadvantages of ECT

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Memory loss

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