AP PSYCHOLOGY

TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

PSYCHODYNAMIC AND HUMANISTIC THERAPIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the two main chategories of therapy offers medication and other biological treatments such as ECT and deep brain stimulation?
A
Psychotherapy
B
Biomedical Therapy
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Biomedical therapy offers medications or other biological treatments. For example, a person with severe depression may receive antidepressants, electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT), or deep brain stimulation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biomedical therapies include drug therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery.

Detailed explanation-3: -any form of treatment for mental disorders that attempts to alter physiological functioning, including drug therapies, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery. Also called biomedical therapy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biomedical therapies are physiological interventions that focus on the reduction of symptoms associated with psychological disorders. Three procedures used are drug therapies, electroconvulsive (shock) treatment, and psychosurgery.

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