1. Treatment of Mental Disorders
Lecture 9
Treatment of Mental Disorders

2. Outline
Introduction
Biological Treatments
Psychotherapy

3. Biological Treatments
Drug Therapy
Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (ECT)
Psychosurgery

4. Drug Therapy Antipsychotic drugs Antidepressant drugs
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Clozapine
Antidepressant drugs
Imipramine (Tofranil)
Amitriptyline (Elavil)
Fluoxetine (Prozac)
Lithium (for bipolar disorder)
Antianxiety drugs
Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
Diazepam (Valium)

5. Psychotherapy Psychodynamic therapy/Psychoanalysis Humanistic therapy
Cognitive therapy
Behaviour therapy

6. Issues in psychotherapy
Group therapy
Family and couple therapy
Evaluation of psychotherapies