TREATMENT BIOMEDICAL MODULE 73 BIOMEDICAL THERAPY TREATMENT OF

TREATMENT BIOMEDICAL MODULE 73

BIOMEDICAL THERAPY • TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLNESSES THROUGH THE USE OF MEDICATION AND OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENTS • PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS • PSYCHOSURGERY • ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)

PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY • FOUR MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS • ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS • ANTIANXIETY DRUGS • ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS • MOOD-STABILIZING DRUGS • VIDEO

ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS • NEUROLEPTICS • PSYCHOSES • DISORDERS IN WHICH HALLUCINATIONS OR DELUSIONS INDICATE SOME LOSS OF CONTACT WITH REALITY • THORAZINE • FIRST – 1950 S – SCHIZOPHRENIA • MEDICINE HELPS • EFFECTIVE FOR LESSENING HALLUCINATIONS AND DELUSIONS

ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS • EXCESS OF DOPAMINE CAUSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA – BLOCK DOPAMINE RECEPTORS • THORAZINE, HALDOL, CLOZARIL • SIDE EFFECTS • TARDIVE DYSKINESIA • ISSUES WITH WALKING, DROOLING AND MUSCLE SPASMS

ANTIANXIETY DRUGS • AXIOLYTICS • HELP DECREASE ANXIETY AND TENSION • LOW LEVELS OF GABA

ANTIANXIETY DRUGS • TWO MAIN TYPES • BABITUATES • SEDATIVES – ANXIETY AND SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS • RARELY USED TODAY – HIGHLY ADDICTIVE • HIGH RISK OF ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE AND DANGEROUS WITHDRAWAL • BENZODIAZEPINES • USED TO ASSIST AS SLEEP AID, TENSION REDUCER OR MUSCLE RELAXANT • LIBRIUM, VALIUM, XANAX • SAFER – TOLERANCE AND WITHDRAWAL ISSUES

ANTIDEPRESSANTS • MOST COMMONLY USED DRUG IN CLINICAL PRACTICE • TREAT DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY • THREE MAIN TYPES • MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS (MAOIS) • TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS (TCAS) • SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SSRIS) • PROZAC, PAXIL, ZOLOFT • MOST POPULAR MILDER SIDE EFFECTS

MOOD STABILIZERS • USED TO BALANCE EXTREMES OF EMOTION THAT ARE EXPERIENCED BY SOMEONE WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER • LITHIUM • HELPS WITH THE MANIA • ANTICONVULSANT MOOD STABILIZERS • FEWER SIDE EFFECTS AND ARE LESS TOXIC

PSYCHOSURGERY • MOST DRASTIC FORM • SURGICAL REMOVAL OR DESTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR AREAS OF THE BRAIN • PREFRONTAL LOBOTOMIES • NOT REALLY USED ANYMORE • LOBOTOMY FILM

ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT) • 1940 • ECT USED TO CAUSE CONVULSIONS (BRAIN SEIZURES) • TODAY – UNDER MUSCLE RELAXTANT AND ANESTHESIA