12. ROGERS CORPORATE HEALTH CENTRE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH Treatment for Mental Illness Antidepressant medications – help treat depression and more recently, used to treat phobias, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder & eating disorders. Antipsychotic medications – help treat psychotic illnesses. Newer medications have now been developed that have fewer side effects than the traditional medications. Mood stabilizing medications – helpful for people who have bipolar disorder (previously known as manic depression).
13. ROGERS CORPORATE HEALTH CENTRE Treatment for Mental Illness Community support – information, accommodation, help with finding suitable work, training and education, psychosocial rehabilitation and mutual support groups. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) – this treatment is still used, but less frequent. After the person is given a general anaesthetic and muscle relaxant, an electrical current is passed through their brain. Hospitalization – this occurs when a person is acutely ill and needs intensive treatment for a short time. Involuntary treatment – this can occur when the psychiatrist recommends someone needs treatment but the person doesn’t agree. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
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