Treatment of Mental Disorders

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Lecture 9

• Treatment of Mental Disorders

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Outline

• Introduction
• Biological Treatments
• Psychotherapy

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Biological Treatments

• Drug Therapy
• Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (ECT)
• Psychosurgery

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Drug Therapy

• Antipsychotic drugs
• Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
• Clozapine
• Antidepressant drugs
• Imipramine (Tofranil)
• Amitriptyline (Elavil)
• Fluoxetine (Prozac)
• Lithium (for bipolar disorder)
• Antianxiety drugs
• Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
• Diazepam (Valium)

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Psychotherapy

• Psychodynamic therapy/Psychoanalysis
• Humanistic therapy
• Cognitive therapy
• Behaviour therapy

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Issues in psychotherapy

• Group therapy
• Family and couple therapy
• Evaluation of psychotherapies