Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Lithium Carbonate, Bipolar Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Lynda Hutchinson

Document Summary

Chapter 16 approaches to treatments and therapy. Biological treatments for mental disorders: over the centuries people trying to understand and treat psychological disorders have alternated between biological and psychological explanations. Medication can be helpful and can even save lives, but in an age which commercial interests are heavily interested in promoting drugs for psychological problems, the public is largely unaware of drugs" limitations and potential risks. Psychosurgery, which destroys selected areas of the brain thought to be responsible for psychological problems rarely done today. Electriconculsive therapy (ect) , in which a brief current is sent through the brain, has been used successfully to treat suicidal depression. Friday, april 8, 2016: however controversy still exists about its effects on the brian and the appropriateness of its use. A newer method, transcranial magnetic stimulations (tms), in which a magnetic coil is applied over the left prefrontal cortex, is being studied as a way of treating severe depression.