Welcome to NEUR 1202

Question 1

What is neuroscience?

Answer 1

An interdisciplinary science that studies the biological basis of behaviour.

Question 2

What is a neuroscientist?

Answer 2

Specialized scientist who studies the brain and the central nervous system.

Question 3

What is mental illness?

Answer 3

The reduced ability for a person to function effectively over a prolonged period of time

Question 4

When does mental ill. usually occur?

Answer 4

Adolescence and young adulthood

Question 5

What are risk factors of mental illness?

Answer 5

Genetics, early life experiences, stressful life events, and environmental influences on a fetus

Question 6

How many Canadians are estimated to have experienced mental illness?

Answer 6

1 in 7

Question 7

Why is there stigma around mental illness?

Answer 7

Historical views

Question 8

What are the medical models of diagnosing mental illness?

Answer 8

Medical model and the biopsychosocial model

Question 9

What is the medical model?

Answer 9

Views mental illness as coming from an underlying physiological, biological, or genetic cause. It identifies a cluster of symptoms and sees if genetics plays a role

Question 10

What is the biopsychosocial model?

Answer 10

Attributes mental illness to the complex interaction of biological factors, psychological factors, and social factors