Biological treatment, not only in resistant conditions

Abstract

Despite momentous development of pharmacological treatment in psychiatry, non-pharmacological methods represent irreplaceable biological modalities in the treatment of a wide range of mental disorders, even in its severe forms or in pharmacoresistant patients. Biological treatment undergoes a renaissance in recent decades and we can expect further development in near future despite significant financial and professional demands..

Keywords

• biological psychiatry
• depression
• electroconvulsive therapy
• repetitive transkranial magnetic stimulation
• transcranial direct current stimulation