Driving Question: How do psychological perspectives account for the explanation and treatment of psychological disorders?
April 25, 2022
Biomedical Therapy: The links below will give you a glimpse of the more invasive, non-medicinal biomedical pathways to treating psychological disorders. Some are more controversial than others and have fallen out of practice. This is certainly the case with trans orbital lobotomies. Similarly, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) became highly controversial during the 1970s and 1980s due to films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and fell out of favor as an acceptable treatment. ECT has seen a resurgence in use and acceptance over the past two decades, however, as formidable weapon against severe depression.
Trans orbital Lobotomy:
ECT:
TMS:
Howard's Journey...
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS):
Please watch with caution! The video DBS surgery below pertains to brain surgery and contains graphic content.
If blood and brains make you nauseous, then skip it, and proceed to the video entitled Brodmann Area 25.
DBS surgery - actual procedure - Stanford- (view this full procedure on your own time)
Brodmann Area 25
Psychological Therapy Booklet- Complete Questions #13-17> due before the start of next class.
treatment_of_psych_disorders_13-17_questions.pdf | |
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Use the pdf presentations below, your digital textbook Chapter 15, and the video's that you just viewed above to help answer the Psychological Therapy Booklet Questions:
chapter_15_therapy.ppt | |
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evaluating_therapies.pdf | |
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biomedical_therapy.pdf | |
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April 26, 2022
treatment_of_psych_disorders_18-32_questions.pdf | |
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