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Biomedical therapy
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prescribed medications or medical procedures that act directly on the patient's nervous system
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Psychopharmacology
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the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
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Electroconvulsive therapy
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a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient
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repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulator (rTMS)
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the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity
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Psyhosurgery
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surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior
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Lobotomy
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procedure in which the nerves connecting the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain
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