1: Psychological development

Question 1

What is an ACE?

Answer 1

Adverse childhood experience

4+ increases your risk of chronic disease, alcoholism, smoking by stupid amounts

Question 2

Which percentage of GP consultations are related to mental health?

Answer 2

30%

Question 3

People with mental health problems will die ___ years earlier on average.

Answer 3

17.4 years

Question 4

When does brain development occur?

Answer 4

Prenatal (in the womb)

Postnatal (into adulthood)

Question 5

What two factors influence brain development?

Answer 5

Nature (biological factors)

Nurture (experiences i.e upbringing)

Question 6

Which insults have an adverse effect on brain development?

Answer 6

Alcohol

Drugs

Infection

Malnutrition

Maternal stress levels

Trauma

Question 7

If a mother is stressed during gestation of their child, which mental health condition is the child more likely to have?

Answer 7

Depression

Question 8

Which genetic disorder causes tuberous growths in brain and can lead to developmental problems?

Answer 8

Tuberous sclerosis

Question 9

Does time of conception have an effect on brain development?

Answer 9

Probably

children conceived in the winter have an increased chance of intellectual disability

Question 10

The brain is particularly sensitive to insults in the (early / late) years of development.

Answer 10

early years

Question 11

What process of brain development occurs postnatally?

Answer 11

Myelination

Question 12

What is epigenetics?

Answer 12

Idea that changes in gene expression, not just structure of genes, can affect phenotype

i.e environment affects phenotype without changing genotype