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| An orientation to understanding the causes of human behavior and the treatment of abnormality |
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| A theoretical perspective in which it is assumed that disturbances in emotions, behavior, and cognitive processes are caused by abnormalities in the functioning of the body |
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| A chemical substance released from a neuron into the synaptic cleft, where it drifts across the synapse and is absorbed by the receiving neuron |
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The genetic makeup of an organism
Think GENETIC-type |
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| One of two different variations of a gene |
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Related Disorders:
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders (Panic Disorder) |
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Related Disorders:
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Schizophrenia
Eating Disorders
Substance Abuse Disorders |
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Gamma-aminobutyric Acid
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Related Disorders:
Anxiety Disorders
Substance Abuse Disorders |
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Related Disorders:
Parkinson's Disease
Schizophrenia
Eating Disorders
Substance Abuse Disorders
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Related Disorders:
Alzheimer's Disease |
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Related Disorders:
Substance Abuse Disorders |
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| A model of inheritance in which more than one gene participates in the process of determining a given characteristic |
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The expression of the genetic program in the individual's physical and psychological attributes
Think PHYSICAL-type |
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| The science that attempts to identify the ways that the environment influences genes to produce phenotypes |
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| Biobehavioral abnormalities that are linked to genetic and neurobiological causes of mental illness |
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| The proposal that people are born with a predisposition (or "diathesis") that places them at risk for developing a psychological disorder if exposed to certain extremely stressful life experiences |
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| Process through which the environment causes them to turn "off" or "on" |
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| The process that can turn off a gene as a chemical group, methyl, attaches itself to the gene |
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| Genome-wide Linkage Study |
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| Genetic method in which researchers study the families of people with specific psychological trait disorders |
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Genome-wide Association Studies
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| Genetic method in which researchers scan the entire genome of individuals who are not related to find the associated genetic variations with a particular disease |
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| Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) |
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| A small genetic variation that can occur in a person's DNA sequence |
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| Psychotherapeutic Medications |
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| Somatic treatments that are intended to reduce the individual's symptoms by altering the levels of neurotransmitters that researchers believe are involved in the disorder |
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| A form of brain surgery, the purpose of which is to reduce psychological disturbance |
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| Psychosurgery, or Psychiatric Neurosurgery |
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| A treatment in which a neurosurgeon operates on brain regions, most likely responsible for the individual's symptoms |
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| Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia-related disorders |
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| Antipsychotics, Conventional or "typical" antipsychotic medications, "Atypical" antipsychotic medications (also called "second generation") |
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