Biological Therapies
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- Biological Therapies
- Chemotherapy
- Drugs - antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics
- Antipsychotics
- Reduce positive symptoms of schizophrenia
- Reduces delusions
- Typical (original)
- Typical antipsychotics block some the dopamine receptors because schizophrenics hae abnormally high levels of dopamine. These drugs reduce the effect of dopamine rather than the level of dopamine.
- Chloropromazine
- Side Effects
- Tardive Dyskensia, uncontrollable facial spasms
- Side Effects
- Chloropromazine
- Typical antipsychotics block some the dopamine receptors because schizophrenics hae abnormally high levels of dopamine. These drugs reduce the effect of dopamine rather than the level of dopamine.
- Atypical
- Atypical antipsychotics (clozapine) - exactly same as typical but only blocks some of the receptors for a few hours. Reducing tardive dyskenesia
- Effectiveness
- Chemotherapies do work
- Relapse rates after one year
- Chloropromazine - 25%
- Chloropromazine+family - 2-23%
- Ease of Use
- Requires little effort from user
- Clinicians advocate a mixture of chemotherapy and some form of psychotherapy
- Tackles symptoms rather than the problem
- Temporary alleviations of symptoms
- SideEffects
- Anxiety
- Sexual dysfunction
- Insomnia
- Nausea
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Antidepressants
- SSR - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
- e.g. Prozac
- Abnormally low level of serotonin causes depression. Therefore prozac blocks the reuptake ports which in turn causes the serotonin to have more effect.
- e.g. Prozac
- SSR - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
- Anxiolytics
- Anti-stress
- e.g. BZ's - Benzodiazapenes
- Librium
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- e.g. BZ's - Benzodiazapenes
- Anti-stress
- ECT
- Chemotherapy
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