| A | B |
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| biomedical therapy | treatment of psychological disorders that involves changing the brain's functioning by using prescribed drugs, electroconvulsive therapy, or surgery |
| deinstitutionalization | the release of patients from mental hospitals to the community at large |
| antipsychotic drugs | a category of medication used primarily to treat schizophrenia |
| antianxiety drugs | a category of medication used to treat people with anxiety disorders or suffering stress |
| antidepressant drugs | a category of medications used primarily to treat major depression |
| electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) | a therapy for major depression in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient |
| lobotomy | a now-rare form of psychosurgery onced used to try to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients; the procedure cut the nerves that connect the frontal lobes of the brain to the deeper emotional centers |
| lithium | drug used to treat bipolar disorder |
| placebo | a pill that has no chemical effect |
| examples of antidepressant drugs | Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil |
| serotonin | neurotransmitter that are affected by antidepressant drugs |
| GABA | neurotransmitter affected by antianxiety drugs |
| examples of antianxiety drugs | Valium, Librium, Xanax |
| dopamine | neurotransmitter affected by antipsychotic drugs |
