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Module 73
The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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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