Briana was prescribed medication to alleviate symptoms of her anxiety. the type of treatment used to relieve briana's anxiety is called

Biomedical Therapy  can be  used to relieve Briana from her anxiety.

Explanation:

Physiological procedures that aims  for  reduction of  the symptoms related with psychological disorders are called as biological therapy. Three methods used in biological therapies is  

                          Drug therapy,                  

                          Electroconvulsive therapy ,

                          Psychosurgery.          

Drug Therapy  

It is used by  the  professionals  with proper pharmacological or medical  training  along with psychotherapy. The drugs used for psychological problems  are  Antidepressant drugs, Antianxiety drugs, Antipsychotic drugs  ,. Mood swings of patients with bipolar disorders  is controlled by  using Lithium  

Electroconvulsive therapy(ECT)

ECT is a therapeutic  procedure  developed in the 1930s .  In ECT  the patient is initially  given small amount of anesthesia . Then  electric shock is  given to patients to get  a temporary  cortical seizure.  The electric shock gives a brief convulsive seizure during which the patient becomes  totally unconscious.

Psychosurgery

Psychosurgery  is a rarely used surgical procedure used to  modify  behavioral  or psychological reaction. Lobotomy  is the  widely used Psychosurgery. It is referred as  prefrontal lobotomy. In  Lobotomy   the nervous  pathway that  links cerebral cortex to the lower brain centers to control  patient's aggressive or violent behaviours .  

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