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Treatments of Mental Disorders - Coggle Diagram
Treatments of Mental Disorders
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders
are serious conditions related to persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact your health, your emotions and your ability to function in important areas of life. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.
Biochemical Treatment
Hallucinogens
are a broad and diverse class of psychoactive drugs that can induce altered states of consciousness marked by significant changes in thought, mood, and perception, among other things. Most hallucinogens are classified as psychedelics, dissociatives, or deliriants.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
is a type of noninvasive brain stimulation in which a changing magnetic field is used to induce an electric current in a specific area of the brain via electromagnetic induction.
Symptoms
Body image
refers to how you see yourself when you look in the mirror or imagine yourself.
Binge eating
- Eating unusually large amounts of food in a specific amount of time, such as over a two-hour period.
Dieting
- typically refers to people's short-term attempts to lose weight by limiting the amount or types of foods they eat.
Alternative Treatments
Body awareness therapy
is a form of evidence-based physiotherapy that was developed in the 1970s. It represents a comprehensive approach to human movement that takes into account physical, physiological, psychological, and existential aspects of human existence.
Yoga
is a collection of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines that originated in ancient India with the goal of controlling and stilling the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness unaffected by the mind or mundane suffering.
relaxation therapy
- A method used to help reduce muscle tension and stress, lower blood pressure, and control pain.
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders
is a symptoms of severe anxiety or panic brought on by a physical health issue. Anxiety and worry about things that are commonplace or routine, as well as persistent and excessive anxiety, are symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder.
Symptoms
Panic, fear, and uneasiness
Heart palpitations
Inability to concentrate
Breathing faster and more quickly than normal
Alternative Treatments
Mindfulness
is a practice often associated with meditation. It involves two concepts: paying attention to the present and how it makes you feel and then accepting and validating those feelings.
Regular exercise
may provideTrusted Source many health benefits, including helping to prevent chronic diseases and improve mental health. When done regularly, it can help reduce your anxiety and stress.
Aromatherapy
could help you to reduce anxiety. Though more studies are needed, a 2016Trusted Source study looking at people with end-stage kidney disease found that using rose water helped to reduce anxiety.
Biochemical Treatments
Buspirone
- An anti-anxiety medication called buspirone may be used on an ongoing basis. As with most antidepressants, it typically takes up to several weeks to become fully effective.
Benzodiazepines
- In limited circumstances, your doctor may prescribe a benzodiazepine for relief of anxiety symptoms. These sedatives are generally used only for relieving acute anxiety on a short-term basis. Because they can be habit-forming, these medications aren't a good choice if you have or had problems with alcohol or drug abuse.