PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 54: Electroconvulsive Therapy, Risperidone, Olanzapine

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Yen

Document Summary

Biomedical therapy prescribed medication or procedures that act directly on the person"s physiology. Psychopharmacology the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behaviour. Antipsychotic drugs drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorders. Antianxiety drugs drugs used to control anxiety and agitation. Antidepressant drugs drugs used to treat depression and some anxiety disorders. Different types work by altering the availability of various neurotransmitters. Antipsychotic drugs: certain drugs calmed patients with psychoses (disorders in which hallucinations or delusions indicate some loss of contact with reality, antipsychotic drugs such as chlorpromazine dampened responsiveness to irrelevant stimuli. People who stop taking them may experience increased anxiety, insomnia, and other withdrawal symptoms. Because they slow the synaptic vacuuming up of serotonin, prozac and its cousins. Alternative neurostimulation therapy: magnetic stimulation and deep brain stimulation are raising hopes for gentler alternatives that jump-start neural circuits in the depressed brain.