Introduction

Question 1

3 reasons for unreliable mental health diagnosis?

Answer 1

1. Patients 2. Clinicians not consistent

3. Inadequate questionnaires

Question 2

What is a biomarker?

Answer 2

An indicator of a biological state which can be objectively measured and evaluated.

Question 3

How did Freud believe mental illness occurs?

Answer 3

In neurosis, the ego suppresses the id, in psychosis the ID detaches from reality.

Question 4

Describe the Free Energy and Bayesian Brain theory.

Answer 4

Using prediction to process constant sensory information more efficiently. In mental illness, it may be that there are errors in the prediction.

Question 5

What is suggested as a basis for cognitive disorders?

Answer 5

Result from abnormal connectivity in the cognitive control network.

Question 6

What is the difference between functional and structural connectivity?

Answer 6

Functional connectivity is how 2 regions interact, structural is the physical wiring of the brain.

Question 7

What are 4 ways to investigate mental illness?

Answer 7

1. Twin studies
2. Patients and matched controls
3. Structural studies
4. Functional studies