16. Electroconvulsive “Shock” Therapy (ECT)
❖ Low voltage electric current
❖Short lasting barbiturate
❖ May experience a brief period of confusion, headache or
muscle stiffness.
18. Cognitive Psychotherapy
❖Teaches beliefs, expectations,
assessments of self, the world,
the nature of personal
problems in the world, how we
perceive ourselves and others,
how we handle problems, and
how successful we are in
reaching goals in life
36. Family Support
Good way of communicating with the family
Teaches how to interact with someone on either a good or
bad day.
37. Family Support
Good way of communicating with the family
Teaches how to interact with someone on either a good or
bad day.
Educates them on what possibly could be going on in their
brain.
38. Family Support
Good way of communicating with the family
Teaches how to interact with someone on either a good or
bad day.
Educates them on what possibly could be going on in their
brain.
40. Antipsychotic Medications
Help relieve the positive symptoms
of the disease by correcting an
imbalance in chemicals that enable
brain cells to communicate with each
other by blocking the receptors in the
brain of dopamine.
41. Antipsychotic Medications
Help relieve the positive symptoms
of the disease by correcting an
imbalance in chemicals that enable
brain cells to communicate with each
other by blocking the receptors in the
brain of dopamine.
42. Antipsychotic Medications
Help relieve the positive symptoms
of the disease by correcting an
imbalance in chemicals that enable
brain cells to communicate with each
other by blocking the receptors in the
brain of dopamine.
43. Antipsychotic Medications
Help relieve the positive symptoms
of the disease by correcting an
imbalance in chemicals that enable
brain cells to communicate with each
other by blocking the receptors in the
brain of dopamine.
