TREATING ABNORMALITY - BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES

TREATING ABNORMALITY - BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES

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TREATING ABNORMALITY - BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES

WHAT DOES ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERACP (ECT) INVOLVE?

WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT ECT?

WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE POINTS OF ECT?

WHAT DRUGS ARE USED TO HELP PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA?

HOW DO THESE DRUGS WORK?

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Became a popular antidepressant treatment - involves passing a small current through the brain to cause epileptic-like electrical discharges

Can be effective treatment for depressed patients unresponsive to other therapies

  • Violent electrical assults on brain can lead to long term memory impariment
  • Indivduals with severe depression may not grasp consequences of ECT and canot give fully informed consent

Chlorpromazine and Clozaphie

Reduces activity of neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain and reduce symptons

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WHAT ARE THE STREGTHS OF DRUGS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA?

WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESS OF DRUGS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA?

HOW DO ANTI-DEPRESSANT DRUGS WORK?

WHAT TWO DRUGS WERE INTRODUCED IN THE 1960S?

WHAT WERE THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE DRUGS?

IN THE 1990S WHAT NEW ANTIDEPRESSANTS WERE INTRODUCED?

WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT DURG THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION?

WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESSES OF DRUG THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION?

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Can be effective in supressing symptons - live normal lives

Dont work for 40-50%, don't cure disorder, drug treatment is for life - Chlorpromazine = movement disorders - Clozaphine = low levels of while blood

Raise levels of neurotransmitters noradrenalin and seritionin in the brain

monoamie-oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) / tricyclic antidepressants

MAOIs interact badly with food groups and meducation / tricyclic = heart problems

SSRIs (Prozac)

works for 60-70% - quick

Don't cure depression - dependance - side effects (e.g. violence) - 30% responded to placebo effect 

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HOW CAN DRUGS BE EFFECTIVE?

WHEN ARE DRUGS INEFFECTIVE?

HOW ARE DRUG THERAPIES REDUCTIONIST?

WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL ISSUES OF DRUG THERAPY?

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Can be effective for range of psychological disorders, and people are able to live ormal lives through drug therapy

Disorders such as phobias, eating disorders, there are no effective drug therapies

Ignores cognitive, emotioanl or enviromental influences - only treats symptons

Include probelms of side effects and the lack of ability people with seroious conditions to give full informed consent

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