Drug therapy

• What are the main components of drug therapy?

  Antipsychotic drugs

  Antidepressant drugs

  Anti-anxiety drugs
• Evaluation drugs versus placebo

  Soomro et al reviewed 17 studies of use of SSRI with OCD found them to be more effective than placebo
• Side effects evaluation

  Many serious side effects tricyclic antidepressants can cause hallucinations and a irregular heartbeat
• Symptoms not cause evaluation

  May not treat childhood trauma
• Drug therapy to other treatments

  Cheap prescribed in the NHS and practitioner has to spend less time with the patient so efficient and easy to administer
• ethical issues, placebo

  New patient should not be given treatment known to be inferior
• Patient information ethical issue

  May find difficult to remember or potential side effects or may not be in the right state of mind