Biological treatments for schizophrenia (24marks) essay style notes

Biological treatments: Essay style Outline and evaluative two or more
therapies used in the treatment of schizophrenia (24 marks)

A01: One biological treatment is the use of antipsychotic medication, either liquid or tablet
form, aiming to help the individual with the psychotic disorder as well as to increase their
feeling…

without this technique bias may be present in which antipsychotic the research believes
should be more effective so the side effects could be judged differently.

A01: Further research into effectiveness is Davis who studied relapse rates with
traditional antipsychotics. After reviewing 29 studies comparing relapse rates of those on
traditional…

However, the use of antipsychotics, including first generation, still seems to be the most
effective treatment for schizophrenia available.

A01: Another biological therapy for treating schizophrenia is psychosurgery. This is not a
common treatment today and was widely used in the 1900s before drugs were readily
available. This involves a…