Biomedical therapies 5.5d

Question 1

Biomedical therapies

Answer 1

Changing the brain’s functioning by using prescribed drugs, electrical stimulation, magnetic impulses, or psychosurgery

Question 2

Pre-drug therapy

Answer 2

Prior to the discovery of psychological drugs, hospitals had few options with which to treat patients; early drugs were considered cruel

Question 3

Psychopharmacology

Answer 3

Study of drug effects on the mind and behavior

Question 4

Deinstitutionalization

Answer 4

With the discovery of effective drug treatments, patients were able to leave the institutions

Question 5

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Answer 5

Classification of antidepressants which work by blocking the reuptake of serotonin after it has been released

Question 6

Insulin therapy

Answer 6

Depressed and schizophrenic patients were given an overdos of insulin to cause a convulsion; was replaced by electroconvulsive therapy

Question 7

Electroconvulsive therapy

Answer 7

Very effective for the quick relief of symptoms of severe depression

Question 8

Transcranial direct current stimulation

Answer 8

A weak current applied to the scalp

Question 9

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Answer 9

Repeated magnetic pulses stimulate areas of the brain

Question 10

Deep brain stimulation

Answer 10

The electrode between the frontal lobe and the limbic system

Question 11

Lobotomy

Answer 11

Nerves connecting the frontal lobes of the brain to the deeper emotional centers are cut

Question 12

Hypnosis

Answer 12

A social interaction in which one person makes suggestions about perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors, and another person follows those suggestions

Question 13

Hypnotic induction

Answer 13

The process by which a hypnotist creates a state of hypnosis in a subject

Question 14

Social influence theory

Answer 14

Powerful social influences produce a state of hypnosis

Question 15

Divided consciousness theory

Answer 15

Hypnosis is a special state of mind