Biological psychiatry
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Biological psychiatry, or biopsychiatry is an approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorder in terms of the biological function of the nervous system. It is interdisciplinary in its approach and draws on sciences such as neuroscience, psychopharmacology, biochemistry, genetics and physiology to investigate the biological bases of behavior and psychopathology. Biopsychiatry is that branch/speciality of medicine which deals with the study of biological function of the nervous system in mental disorders.
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Disorders and biologic treatment
- Seasonal affective disorder: Light box, SSRIs
- Clinical depression: SSRIs (Prozac), SNRIs Effexor, atypical antidepressants: (Wellbutrin, Remeron), tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Bipolar disorder: lithium carbonate, valproic acid, Lamictal, carbamazepine
- Schizophrenia: Includes haloperidol, clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone, Quetiapine, Ziprasidone and other antipsychotics
- Generalized anxiety disorder: SSRIs, benzodiazepines, buspirone
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder: clomipramine, SSRIs citalopram
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