Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)Drug TherapiesSlide 3Slide 4Slide 5Biomedical TherapiesElectroconvulsive TherapyMyers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)Module 42The Biomedical TherapiesJames A. McCubbin, PhDClemson UniversityWorth PublishersDrug TherapiesPsychopharmacologystudy of the effects of drugs on mind and behaviorDrug TherapiesThe emptying of U.S. mental hospitalsDrug TherapiesDrug TherapiesBiomedical TherapiesElectroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patientPsychosurgerysurgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behaviorlobotomynow-rare psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patientsElectroconvulsive
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