Biological TreatmentsThe main classes and what they are used for.PsychologyBroad drug classes and their primary uses.ClassUsed forActs onSSRIsDepression, anxiety, OCDSerotonin reuptakeSNRIsDepression, some painSerotonin and noradrenalineTricyclicsDepression — olderMultiple transmittersAntipsychoticsPsychosis, bipolarDopamine, othersMood stabilisersBipolarLithium, anticonvulsantsBenzodiazepinesShort-term anxietyGABA — dependence riskEducational reference, not medical advice. Never start, change or stoppsychiatric medication without medical supervision.Biological Treatmentslearnposters.com
Biological Treatments — printable life science wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Biological Treatments poster

A 6-row table: Class · Used for · Acts on.

Broad drug classes and their primary uses.

Educational reference, not medical advice. Never start, change or stop psychiatric medication without medical supervision.

Questions about the Biological Treatments poster

What’s on the Biological Treatments poster?
A 6-row table: Class · Used for · Acts on. Broad drug classes and their primary uses. SSRIs — Depression, anxiety, OCD — Serotonin reuptake; SNRIs — Depression, some pain — Serotonin and noradrenaline; Tricyclics — Depression — older — Multiple transmitters; Antipsychotics — Psychosis, bipolar — Dopamine, others; Mood stabilisers — Bipolar — Lithium, anticonvulsants; Benzodiazepines — Short-term anxiety — GABA — dependence risk. Educational reference, not medical advice. Never start, change or stop psychiatric medication without medical supervision.
Who is the Biological Treatments poster for?
Biological Treatments belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning clinical & abnormal can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Biological Treatments poster?
Educational reference only. Prescribing decisions belong to a qualified clinician. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Biological Treatments belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Biological Treatments?
Addiction, Anxiety and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sit alongside Biological Treatments in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AddictionAnxietyCognitive Behavioural Therapy
Is the Biological Treatments poster free to download and print?
Yes. Biological Treatments downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Biological Treatments poster print at?
Biological Treatments is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Biological Treatments loses nothing.Printing guide

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