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The second major category of therapies

Biologically based therapies

These early methods were based on the assumption that the disorder was caused by some physical or supernatural invader in the individual's body

Biologically based therapies

Includes a wide range of techniques that involve some type of physical treatment

Biomedical therapy

It was readily embraced by the medical and psychological world because it seemed to be a quick and inexpensive way to treat psychological disturbances

Drug therapy or chemotherapy

Those drugs that affect the brain or the mind

Psychoactive drugs or psychotropic drugs

These drugs reduce anxiety and tension without causing drownsiness or a loss of mental alertness

Antianxiety drugs (minor tranquilizers)

The most popular anti-anxiety drugs

Valium and librium

Are also widely used in the treatment of anxiety states, and in larger dosages for ther relief of insomnia

Barbiturates or "sleeping pills"

These are drugs that are used to calm and relieve schizophrenic patients of delusions and hallucinations so that they can be helped or treated by psychotherapy

Antipsychotic drugs

Not only calm patients but also takes away a number of the specific symptoms of their condition

Thorazine and stelazine

Have become known as Neuroleptics because they produce neurological side effects when used as major tranquilizers.

Stelazines

He expresses bluntly a basic criticism on the use of drugs on hyperactive children

Vogel

With the development of more effective antidepressant drugs, the use of _____ has declined

Electroshock therapy

These are given to people who are suffering from deep states of depression. These drugs do not work equally well with all depressed individuals

Antidepressant drugs

Also called electroshock therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy

It was first developed in 1938 when there were no tranquilizing drugs and when people were not aware of some of the practical applications of other drugs (Vogel)

Electroconvulsive therapy

An investigation found that depressed patients given shoch therapy showed brain changes ordinarily associated with the increased transmission of the brain chemical ____

Dopamine

They found that the shock brings about temporary memory loss, thus breaking the patient's pattern of disturbing thoughts

Costain, et al.,

The destruction or removal of brain tissue for the purpose of altering certain behavior (Holden)

Prefrontal lobotomy

This operation involves cutting the nerve pathways in the two frontal lobes of the brain for the purpose of relieving the symptoms of people with schizophrenic behavior disorders

Prefrontal lobotomy

Developed the technique "prefrontal lobotomy"

Egas Moniz

A Portuguese psychiatrist who believed that people suffering from emotional disorders might be helped by destroying the connections from the parts of the brain that control emotions

Egas Moniz

Hardly ever performed today because of the protest over their side effects and because the availability of powerful tranquilizing drugs

Lobotomies

Therapy of last resort

Lobotomies

A physician, who specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of abnormal behavior

Psychiatrist

A specialist who uses methods and theories derived from Freud. He is either an M.D. or a psychologist who specializes in psychoanalysis

Psychoanalyst

A Ph.D. in psychology who has served special internship in the field of testing and diagnosis, psychotherapy, and research. Administers and interprets psychological tests, conducts psychotherapy, and is also active in research

Clinical psychologist

One who has earned an M.A. or Ph.D. anr has, had similar graduate training to that of the clinical psychologists but usually with less emphasis on research

Counseling psychologist

Has an M.A. or an M.S. from a graduate school of social work as well as special training in interviewing and in extending treatment procedures to the home and community

Psychiatric social worker

Has a special trauning in the understanding and treatment of mental disorders

Psychiatric nurse

Are individuals without extensive professional training, experience or credentials who are trained to perform specific tasks under close supervision, that are typically in the domain of the professional.

Paraprofessionals