Kinds of Psychiatric Treatments (continuation)

Somatotherapy is a treatment of mental disorder with the use of medications and psychosurgery.

2. Somatotherapy's two main methods of treatments:

a. Chemotherapy. This treatmentuses drugs to alter the functions of the body. In psychiatric treatment chemotherapy is usually combined with psychotherapy. Drugs use on chemotherapy:

• Anti-anxiety drugs or minor tranquilizers - used to relieve worries and tension.
• Antipsychotic drugs or major tranquilizers - used to relieve delusions and hallucinations.
• Antidepressant drugs - used to counteract depression.

b. Physical Therapy. This treatment uses physical techniques to treat illness. Physical therapy used in psychiatric treatment includes:

• Electroshock therapy. In this therapy an electric current is passed through the brain producing a convulsive seizure. This therapy is used mainly to treat severe depression.
• Psychosurgery - is a type of brain surgery, it is use to relieve extreme forms of mental illness that do not show improvement under other kinds of treatment. Psychosurgery is rarely used because it impairs many of the higher brain functions.