Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacotherapy is a form of therapy that uses medications for treatment of mental health disorders. These medications help restore neuro-chemical balance and in this way have a beneficial effect.

Depending on the mode of action and the area of application, these medicinal drugs are divided into several different groups:

• medicines for the treatment of depression
• medicines for mood stabilization
• medicines for treatment of various psychotic conditions
• medicines that help in tranquilizing anxiety
• sleep inducing drugs
• medicines for the treatment of dementia
• medicines for the treatment of certain types of attention related problems

Contrary to common beliefs, most of these medicines are neither addictive nor able to alter the personality of the patient treated. As long as the treatment happens under supervision of an expert clinician, addiction or habituation of these medications doesn’t happen.

The medicines help to alleviate symptoms of the disease, stabilise mood and lessen anxiety, and in many patients they provide a means to improved vitality and quality of life.

In addition, pharmacotherapy makes it possible to stabilize the psychological condition necessary for the application of further therapeutic procedures, in particular the different forms of psychotherapy.