PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Electroconvulsive Therapy, Neurotransmitter Receptor, Psychosurgery
6 Mar 2017
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Goals for today"s class : chapter 16: treatments & therapies. Treatments & therapies: biological treatments (drugs, ect, psychosurgery), psychological therapies (talking, listening, rationalization, rewards, modelling, social & interpersonal therapies (family & friends, support systems, group. Individual differences in responses and efficacy thus, reliance on multimodal (or integrative) treatment regimes therapies) Drugs effects of neurotransmitters (binding to the post-synaptic receptor), prevent the reuptake of n. For example, prozac prevents the reuptake of serotonin (and low serotonin has been left over in the synaptic cleft is re-absorbed into the pre-synaptic cell for future use. Can block the synthesis of n, destroy the n (before release), block the release of n, block the binding of the n with the post-synaptic receptor associated with depression) Drugs: antipsychotic drugs: neurological disorder (tardive dyskinesis), depression and anxiety) dopamine that is released is not as effective, antipsychotic drugs affective disorders (regulate moods), antidepressant drugs, antimanic drugs (mood stabilizers)
