Biomedical Therapies - (Module 73)

Question 1

Biomedical Therapy

Answer 1

Changing the brain’s functioning with drugs, electroconvulsive shock, magnetic impulses, or psychosurgery

Question 2

Psychopharmacology

Answer 2

Study the effects of drugs on mind and behavior

Question 3

Psychosurgery

Answer 3

Surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue to change behavior

Question 4

Lobotomy

Answer 4

Removes or destroys specific brain tissue or areas in an effort to control behavior

Question 5

Antipsychotic Drugs

Answer 5

Similar enough to molecules of the neurotransmitter dopamine to block its activity

Question 6

Anti-anxiety Drugs

Answer 6

Depress nervous system activity

Question 7

Antidepressant Drugs

Answer 7

Increasing the availability of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine or serotonin, which elevate arousal and mood

Question 8

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Answer 8

Used on severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient

Question 9

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation rTMS

Answer 9

Repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity

Question 10

Tardive Dyskinesia

Answer 10

Movement disorder associated with the use of antipsychotics