section_path: Prevention and promotion/Methods/Pharmacotherapy
section_name: Pharmacotherapy
paragraph_text: Pharmacotherapy
  
  Pharmacotherapy is a therapy that uses pharmaceutical drugs. Pharmacotherapy is used in the treatment of mental illness through the use of antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and the use of elements such as lithium. It can only be prescribed by a medical professional trained in the field of Psychiatry.