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Module 73

The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

TermDefinition
Psychopharmacology The study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior.
Antipsychotic Drugs Drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder.
Anti anxiety Drugs Drugs used to control anxiety and agitation.
Antidepressant Drugs Drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder. (Several wide used antidepressant drugs are selective serotonin Reuptake inhibitors).
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation The application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity.
Psychosurgery Surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior.
Lobotomy A psycho surgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cut the nerves connecting the frontal loves to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain.
Resilience The personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and even trauma.
Posttraumatic Growth Positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises.
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