PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Psychosurgery, Dyskinesia, Chlorpromazine

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Kevin Hamilton

Document Summary

Topics: biomedical therapies, drugs, ect, psychosurgery, psychological therapies, psychotherapy, behavioural therapy, cognitive therapy, humanistic and existential, group therapy, effectiveness of psychotherapies, prevention of mental illness. Biomedical therapies: drugs, ect, psychosurgery: psychopharmacology (1950"s) revolutionized treatment of severely disordered people, liberated hundreds of thousands from confinement (now 20% fewer in mental hospitals) Chlorpromazine (first generation) (sold as thorazine: helps people who are experiencing the positive symptoms of auditory hallucinations and paranoia, dampens responsiveness to irrelevant stimuli, side effects tardive dyskinesia (facial and body twitch) Clozapine (second generation) (sold as clozaril: helps reanimate schizophrenia patients with negative symptoms of apathy and withdrawal, blocks dopamine and serotonin activity, effective and now less expensive (patent expired 1994) Other second generation antipsychotics: risperdal, zyprexa: side effects increase risk of obesity and diabetes, otherwise not much more effective than first generation. Valium and librium: cns depressants, reduce tension and anxiety without causing excessive fatigue or performance effects, prescribed even for minor emotional stresses.