AP Psych 5.5: Biomedical therapies

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Psychopharmacology

Study of how drugs affect psychological disorders.

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Antipsychotic drugs

Medications that reduce psychotic symptoms by affecting dopamine.

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Antianxiety drugs

Drugs that reduce anxiety by depressing central nervous system activity.

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Antidepressant drugs

Medications that increase serotonin and/or norepinephrine to improve mood.

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Electroconvulsive therapy

Treatment using controlled seizures to relieve severe depression.

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Noninvasive magnetic brain stimulation used to treat depression.

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Psychosurgery

Surgical destruction or removal of brain tissue to treat severe disorders.

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Lobotomy

Historical psychosurgery that severed frontal-limbic connections; now obsolete.

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Dissociation

Disconnection between thoughts, identity, memory, or consciousness.

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Posthypnotic suggestion

Behavior triggered after hypnosis in response to a suggestion.

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Posttraumatic growth

Positive psychological changes following trauma or adversity.