PSY 606 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Glucocorticoid Receptor, Prefrontal Cortex, Psycinfo
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*assignment posted today, no library workshops on psychinfo until july* Polygenomic process to determine whether one can develop a psychological disorder. Anhedonia loss of pleasure in normal activities (e. g. child, dog etc) Identical twins with schizophrenia, one has it then the 50% chance (50% concordance rate) that the other will have it too (should be, but is not 100% due to environmental factors or others) *2nd trimester of pregnancy (hpv + flu virus + baby deprived of oxygen = higher chance of schizophrenia in the offspring) = example of vulnerability-stress model! Vulnerability-stress model = suggests that there is a predisposition that is then triggered by environmental/outside factor. Psychosis disconnect from reality (e. g. in patients suffering from schizophrenia) Chromosome 4 = huntingson"s disease (degenerative process is purely genetic) If one parent has it, you have 50% chance of inheriting it. If both parents have it, you have 100% chance of inheriting it. Involves cognitive dysfunction (hallucinations + delusions + paranoia)
