Past to Present
Making a small hole in a person's skull to release spirits from the body
What is trephining?
These medications are used to treat schizophrenia and other severe thought disorders by blocking dopamine receptors.
What are antipsychotics?
The purpose of modern electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is to produce this in a controlled and safe manner.
What is a generalized seizure?
The year that antipsychotic medications were first introduced.
What is 1954?
The first institutions created to house people with psychological disorders, which focused on ostracizing them from society rather than treatment.
What are asylums?
This category of drugs, which includes SSRIs, is used to treat depression and anxiety by altering neurotransmitter levels.
What are antidepressants?
In the past, this treatment was administered in a way that often broke patients' backs.
What is electroshock treatment?
The document states that approximately 26% of this population living in shelters experiences mental illness.
Who is the homeless population?
The process of closing large asylums and allowing people to be treated locally in their communities. Brining mental health more towards traditional hospitals and care centers.
What is deinstitutionalization?
These medications are used for anxiety and agitation because they work by depressing the central nervous system.
What are anti-anxiety agents or anxiolytics?
While both are medical procedures, this is a more invasive and permanent procedure than ECT that involves destroying part of the brain.
What is psychosurgery?
This term refers to therapy that an individual is required to attend, for example, as a condition of parole
What is involuntary treatment?
The reason why the average length of a hospital stay today is less than two weeks.
What is the high cost of hospitalization?
A category of drugs used to treat ADHD to improve a person’s ability to focus and control impulses.
What are stimulants?
The text mentions that controversy continues over the effectiveness of ECT versus these
What are side effects?
This 2008 act requires that insurance coverage for mental health and substance abuse be equal to coverage for physical illnesses.
What is the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act?