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Reducing Disorder Biologically: Drug and Brain Therapy

23 September, 2015 - 14:33

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Classify the different types of drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders and explain how they each work to reduce disorder.
  2. Critically evaluate direct brain intervention methods that may be used by doctors to treat patients who do not respond to drug or other therapy.

Like other medical problems, psychological disorders may in some cases be treated biologically. Biomedical therapies are treatments designed to reducpsychological disorder by influencing theaction of the central nervous system. These therapies primarily involve the use of medications but also include direct methods of brain intervention, including electroconvulsive therapy(ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS), and psychosurgery.