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Now coming to the vocabulary of therapies used in psychiatry. 1. Amphetamines:- To treat depression the central nervous system stimulants may be used. 2. Behavior therapy:- To relieve anxiety and improve symptoms of illness that is changing or conditioning behavior patterns by training and repetition. 3. Electroconvulsive therapy:- In the treatment of depression the electric current is used to produce convulsions. 4. Family therapy:- To resolve and understand conflicts the treatment of an entire family can be done. 5. Free association:- The patient verbalizes without censorship the passing contents of his or her mind is a psychoanalytic technique. 6. Group therapy:- The similar problems gain insight into their personalities through discussion and interaction together of group of patients. 7. Hypnosis:- To increase the pace of psychotherapy trance is used or the state of altered consciousness is held. 8. Lithium:- The manic stage of manic-depressive illness of a substance is u...

Now in this post we would learn several types of drug therapies. Neuroleptic drugs are the drugs that modify psychotic symptoms.  Some of the categories of these drugs are mentioned below: 1. Antianxiety Agents:- These drugs treat anxiety also called minor tranquilizers and sedatives.  Examples of these agents are barbiturates and drugs such as diazepam, which is also known as Valium and chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride also known as Librium. 2. Antidepressants:- An imbalance in the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain is the main cause for the basis of depression. For producing feelings of well-being of reverse depressive symptoms these drugs are used. For an example generally fluoxetine also called Prozac is commonly prescribed for antidepressant. This Prozac allows the passage of serotonin also known as a neurotransmitter into nerve cells. So that it improves mood, mental alertness, physical activity, and sleep patterns. In common most of the medications were prescrib...