Abnormality treatments
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- Created on: 03-05-16 11:14
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- Abnormality treatments
- Biological
- Drugs: control neurotransmitter levels in the brain, either raising or lowering levels.
- ECT: electric current passed through non dominant brain. 90-130 volts
- Surgery: rarely used parts of brain being removed.
- Psychotherapies
- Free association: patient is allowed to simply talk.
- Dream analysis: looking for hidden content in dreams
- Hypnosis: access unconscious mind
- Cognitive- behavioural
- REBT:challenging any irrational thoughts
- systematic desensitisation: Hierarchy with gradual exspoure
- Flooding is a procedure where by they can not escape from an object that causes them anxiety until they realise it is no longer a threat.
- Biological
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