Mental Health Psychology - Topic 2

Question 1

What are the 5 main treatments for mental illness and when were they introduced?

Answer 1

drug treatment - 50s, primary treatment in the 60s
MRIs to measure brain functioning - 70s, used in 80s
surgery - 50s USA, hand drilled labotomy
genetic explanations - 80s & 90sDNA research developed
electroconvulsive therapy - 1939 in UK, used in the war

Question 2

What is the biochemical explanation for mental illness?

Answer 2

how our bodies chemicals can link to psychological disorders

Question 3

What is a neuron?

Answer 3

specialised cell transmitting nerve impulses, nerve cell

Question 4

What is a synapse?

Answer 4

junction between 2 nerve cells, gap which impulses pass by neurotransmitters

Question 5

What is a neurotransmitter?

Answer 5

chemical released when a nerve impulse arrives, affects the transfer of an impulse to another structure

Question 6

What is an axon?

Answer 6

thread-like part, carries impulses from cell body to other cells

Question 7

What is a dendrite?

Answer 7

extension of nerve cell, impulses transmitted to the cell body

Question 8

What are 3 neurotransmitters?

Answer 8

serotonin
dopamine
noradrenaline