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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Ch14 cmap_Larimer 22, psychotropic medications:drugs that affect mental processes and that can be used to treat psychological disorders; use based on assumption that psychological disorders result from imbalance in specific neurotransmitters or from improperly functioning receptors for those neurotransmitters Mood Stabilizer Drugs drug brand names: Lithium, Psychological Treatments Biological Therapy Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): uses a magnetic field to interrupt function in specific regions of the brain, Obsessive-compulsive disorder: frequent intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and actions that are performed repeatedly (compulsions) treatment alternative, Psychiatrists employment Client treatment in hospitals or private practice, Psychological Treatments Biological Therapy psychotropic medications:drugs that affect mental processes and that can be used to treat psychological disorders; use based on assumption that psychological disorders result from imbalance in specific neurotransmitters or from improperly functioning receptors for those neurotransmitters, psychotropic medications antidepressants, Major Depressive Disorder: depression that is severe, plus other symptoms treatment psychotropic medications, Psychological Treatments Biological Therapy Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS): involves passing electricity through electrodes planted in the client's brain to stimulate the brain at a certain frequency and intensity, Psychological Treatments Schizophrenia Behavior Therapy, Psychological Treatments Personality Disorders dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): Form of therapy used to treat borderline personality disorder; combines elements of behavior, cognitive, and psychodynamic therapies with mindfulness approach based on Eastern meditative practices, drug type: atypical antypsychotics (recent antipsychotics) side effects: potentially fatal loss of white blood cells, seizures, heart rate problems, weight gain, Type 2 diabetes, Schizophrenia: psychotic disorder with motor, cognitive behavioral, and perceptual abnormalities treatment psychotropic medications, Psychodynamic Therapy free association client would say whatever came to mind and therapist would look for signs of unconscious conflcts, especially where the client appeared resistent to discussing certain topics, Borderline personality disorder: intense, unstable moods, relationships, and self-image; impulsivity treatment cognitive-behavioral, Psychological Treatments Prognosis a prediction of the likely course of a psychological (or physical) disorder, Psychological Treatments Psychotherapy Group Therapy, Psychological Treatments Biological Therapy treatment for psychological disorders that is based on medical approaches to illness and to disease, Phase 2: Explore past traumas that may be the cause of the disorder Phase 3: Develop feelings of independence and self- respect, operant procedures Reinforcement Provide reinforcers for desirable behaviors, such as telling the truth, Antisocial personality disorder: disregard for and violation of the rights of others; manipulative; lacking guilt treatment psychotropic medications