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The biological approach to treating OCD
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- 1what is the biological approach treating OCD?drug therapy
- 2what is the aim of drug therapy?the aim is to either increase or decrease the neurotransmitters in the brain or at least its activity.
- 3what is drug therapy made up of?-SSRI'S aka selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
- a combination of other things with the SSRI'S
-alternatives for SSRI'S - 4what does the SSRI do in the brain?SSRI's effectively increases the serotonin in the synapse thus, continuing to stimulate the postsynaptic neuron
- 5what is usually combined with SSRI'S?cognitive behavior therapy, the drugs will help the patients CBT more effective.
-other drugs such as fluxotine may also be prescribed with this - 6when are alternative drugs brought in?if after 3-4months the patient is not responding well the the SSRI, or fluxotine we may use different drugs.
- 7example of an alternative drug?tricycles
- 8what are tricycles?an older version of antidepressants and is sometimes used as clomipramine.
it, however, has the same effect as seratonin - 9another alternative?SNRI'S -serotonin noradrenaline reuptske inhibitors
- 10what does it do?increase levels of serotonin as well as another different neurotransmitter- noradrenailine
- 11positive evaluation?-drug therapy is cost-effective and non-disruptive
-its effective for tackling OCD symptoms - 12negativedrugs have side effects- such as blurred vision. tempo indigestion
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- A level Psychology (psychopathology) Flashcards on The biological approach to treating OCD, created by pearl tshimbalanga on 04/03/2018.
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