Using medication or surgeries to treat psychological disorders, based on the assumption that psychological disorders are symptoms of underlying physical problems, is the focus of —

Using medication or surgeries to treat psychological disorders, based on the assumption that psychological disorders are symptoms of underlying physical problems, is the focus of biomedical therapy.

Biomedical therapies are physiological interventions that focus on the reduction of symptoms associated with psychological disorders. Three procedures used are drug therapies, electroconvulsive (shock) treatment, and psychosurgery