Psychology A-Level
drug treatment
What drug treatment means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of drug treatment
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Reference: OCR
A biological treatment of one specific disorder, such as the atypical drug clozapine for schizophrenia acting on dopamine and serotonin receptors, requiring regular blood monitoring.
Topics that use drug treatment
- Section A: Issues in mental health (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- behaviourist explanation
- biochemical explanation
- brain abnormality
- defining abnormality
- genetic explanation
- psychological therapies
- categorising mental disorders
- characteristics of disorders
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