Prescribed Treatments

Prescribed Treatments

Psychotherapeutic Treatments

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): A treatment designed to help individuals manage their problems by changing how they think and behave. It’s commonly used to treat anxiety and depression but can be useful for other mental and physical health problems.

  • Psychodynamic therapy: This is an approach to psychology that studies the psychological forces underlying human behaviour, feelings, and emotions, and how they may relate to early experiences. It can be used to treat a variety of mental health conditions.

  • Family therapy: A type of psychological counselling that helps family members improve communication, resolve conflicts, and improve coping skills. It can be useful in situations where family support is important to a person’s recovery.

Pharmacological Treatments

  • Antidepressants: These are medications used to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety disorders, and some personality disorders.

  • Anxiolytics: These are drugs that inhibit anxiety and are used to treat symptoms of severe anxiety, panic attacks, and anxiety disorders.

  • Antipsychotic medications: These are used to manage psychosis (including delusions, hallucinations, or thought disorders), prevent future psychotic episodes, and decrease the risk of suicide.

Alternative Treatments

  • Art and music therapy: Some individuals benefit from expressing themselves creatively. This form of therapy is often used in conjunction with other treatments for mental health conditions.

  • Acupuncture: An ancient form of Traditional Chinese Medicine, sometimes used alongside prescribed treatments for conditions such as chronic pain or addiction.

Physical Interventions

  • Physiotherapy: This is a treatment to restore, maintain, and make the most of a patient’s mobility, function, and well-being. It helps through physical rehabilitation, injury prevention, and health and fitness.

  • Occupational therapy: A type of healthcare that helps to solve the problems that interfere with a person’s ability to do the things that are important to them – everyday things like eating, dressing, moving around, and work.

Remember: A healthcare professional should always monitor the patient’s condition and progress during the course of their treatment.