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1、INDIVIDUALDIFFERENCESTreatingmentaldisorders.BIOLOGICALTHERAPIES.Chemotherapy-akadrugs.Ifyourecallfromstressmanagementthereare3typesofchemotherapyavailabledependinglargelyuponthediagnosis.Antipsychoticdrugs.Anti-depressantdrugs.Anxiolyticdrugs.Anti–psychotic.Fortheuseofillnesssuchassch
2、izophreniaandbipolardisorder.Thedrugsworktohelptheindividualfunctionasnormallyaspossible.Anexampleofananti-psychotic=Chlorpromazine,theyareusedtocountertheeffectsofthepositivesymptomsdisplayedbyaschizophrenicsuchashallucinations.Howdoanti-psychoticdrugswork?Thedrugreducestheeffectsofdo
3、pamineandthereforereducesthesymptomsofthecondition.ThedrugbindswiththeD2receptorsblockingtheiraction.Howdoanti-psychoticdrugswork?Atypicalantipsychoticdrugsactondopaminetoo,butalsoworkontheserotoninsystem.ThedrugallowsnormaldopaminetransmissionbyoccupyingD2receptorsinitiallythendissoci
4、atingthemselveslater.Anti-depressant.ThesedrugsrelievethesymptomscausedbylowarousaloftheANS.SSRI(selectiveserotoninreuptakeinhibitors)Thedrugsworkonsymptomssuchaspanicattacks.AntidepressantsareusuallyprescribedforashortperiodandreviewedperiodicallybytheGP/healthprofessional.Howdoanti-d
5、epressantdrugswork?Thesedrugsworkbyreducingtherateatwhichthebodyreabsorbsorblocksenzymesthatbreakdownneurotransmitters(indepressionthatwouldbeserotonin!).Bothoftheabovemechanismsincreasetheamountofneurotransmittersavailabletoexciteneighbouringcells..Tricyclics-BlockreabsorbingofSeroton
6、inandepinephrineintothecellsastheyfire,thusleavingenoughbehindtomakelatertransmissionofthenextimpulseeasier.SSRIs-Blockserotoninincreasingtheamountavailabletoexciteneighbouringcells.Anxiolytic.Themainpurposeofthesedrugsaretoreduceanxietyandbringthesymptomssufferedbytheindividualunderco
7、ntrol.CommonnamesforAnxiolyticdrugsareBeta-blockersBenzodiazepinesHowdoAnxiolyticdrugswork?Beta-blockersWehaveincreasedphysiologicalarousalwhenweareanxiouse.g.increasedHR,betablockersreducetheeffectsofepinephrine.Thisallowsthearteriestowidenandslowtheactionoftheheart.BenzodiazepinesI
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