key words

Question 1

Atypical Antipsychotics

Answer 1

a psychoactive drug that treats both positive and negative systems of schizophrenia, acting on dopamine and serotonin receptors

Question 2

Medical Model

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the view all mental disorders are related to some changes in the body. Mental disorders are physical disorders i.e they are illnesses

Question 3

Neurotransmitters

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Chemical substances such as serotonin or dopamine, which play an important part of the workings of the nervous system by transmitting nerve impluses across a synapse

Question 4

Parient lobes

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Located in both hemispheres between the frontal and occipital lobes. its function is to process sensory information

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Post-synaptic receptor:

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The receptor in a nehron that is recieving a message, after the synapse

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EEA

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the environment of evolutionary adaptiveness. the enviroment to any species thats adapted and the selective pressues that existed in that time

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GABA

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Gamma-amnio-butyric acid. A neurotransmitter thatbregulates excitement in the nervous system acting as a natural form of anxiety reduction

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Placebo

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a drug / treatment that contains no active ingredients or therapeutic procedure

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Diathesis - stress

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a diathesis is a generic predisposition whichis only manifested if certain stressors trigger it

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EEG

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a method of recording changes in dlectrical activity of the brain using electrodes attached go the scalp

Question 11

Oxytocin

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a hirmine that also acts as a neurotransmitter. Its effects is to promote feelings if pleasure and its realise is associated with bonding and trust

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PET scans

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position emmision tomography. A brain svanninf method used to study activity in thwnbrain. Radioactive gkucose isninfested and can be detected in active areas of the brain

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Dopamine

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a neurotransmitter produced in the brain, involved in sexual desire and the sensation of pleasure. High levels are associated with schizophrenia

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SSRIs

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slective serotonin reuptKe inhibitors. Commonly prescribed for treating depression

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Beta Blockers

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a drug that decreases anxiety by reducing activity of adrenalines and noradrenaline which are produced by the symalthetic brac of the ANS repsonse to stress

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Synapse

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a small gap sepersting neurons. It consists if the pre -synaptic membrane (which discharges neurotransmitters), the postsynaptic membrane (containing receptors sites for neurotransmitters) and a synaptic gap between the two

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Neuron

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an electrically excitable cell in the nervous system that is specialised for the transmission of information

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temporal lobe

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located either side of the brain under the parietal lobes, involved in memory and sensory processing

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Kin selection:

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an evolutionary strategy, genes that favour the reproductive success of an organisms relatives are selected