Lp 27

Question 1

Mental disorders are d/t anatomical, development & functional disorders of the brain

Answer 1

Biological psychiatry

Question 2

Mental illnesses are d.t impaired psychological development, a consequence of poor child rearing, or environmental stress

Answer 2

Psychological development

Question 3

-abstract vs. Concrete reasoning
-motivation- volition
-concentration
-decision making
-purposeful behaviour
-memory & historical sense of self
-sequencing
-making meaning of language
-speech production (broca’s area)
-aspects of emotional response

Answer 3

Frontal lobe functions

Question 4

-visual-spatial recognition
-attention
-motivation
-emotional modulation & interpretation
-impulse & aggression control
-interpretation & meaning of social context
-aspects of sexual action & meaning

Answer 4

Temporal lobe functions

Question 5

-sensory integrational & spatial relations
-bodily awareness
-filtration of background stimuli
-personality factors & symptom denial
-memory & nonverbal memory
-concept formation

Answer 5

Parietal lobe functions

Question 6

-vision
-possible information holding area

Answer 6

Occipital lobe functions

Question 7

Major role in encoding consolidation & retrieval of memories

Answer 7

Hippocampus

Question 8

Important in:
-emotional function & regulation
-modulation of affective responses
-sexual arousal
-aggression

Answer 8

Amygdala

Question 9

Multiple regulatory functions related to basic survival needs such as:
-regulation of body temp
-sleep-rest patterns
-hunger
-sexual drive
-hormonal secretion

Answer 9

Hypothalamus

Question 10

-formed in many synapses of the brain
-in high concentration in basal nuclei & motor cortex
-can be excitatory or inhibitory, depending on area of brain
-underactivivty implicated in Alzheimer’s

Answer 10

Acetylcholine

Question 11

-largely found in subtania nigra of of midbrain
-usually excitatory
-involved motivation, thought, emotional regulation
-overactivity thought to be involved in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

Answer 11

Dopamine

Question 12

-brain stem
-derived from dopamine
-can be excitatory or inhibitory, depending on the areas of brain
-underactivity thought to be involved in some depressions

Answer 12

Norepinephrine & epinephrine

Question 13

-brain stem
-involved in regulation of attention & complex cognitive functions
-underactivity thought to be involved in some depressions and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Answer 13

Serotonin

Question 14

-1% of the general population
-additional 2%-3% has a milder form called schizotypal personality disorder
-30% of all hospital admissions
-30% of homeless individuals

Answer 14

Schizophrenia

Question 15

-Unable to speak, respond or even move
-remain in this motionless state for extended periods of time

Answer 15

Rigidity or stupor

Question 16

Exhibit manic behaviours such as babbling or speaking incoherently

Answer 16

Catatonic excitement