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Definition:
A therapy (drug therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, or psychosurgery) that is based on the assumption that psychological disorders are symptoms of underlying physical problems. Gen Psych, Chapter 13, Pg. 420

Related Pages:
relevant to cognitive therapy

A set of treatments for mental illness that include drugs, psychosurgery, and electroconvulsive therapy

Examples: an example could be that if someone has depression or anxiety and they take drugs its to help the brain function, with out it it would not function.

Analogies: an analogy could be that biomedical therapy is like an escape from reality

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