PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Antipsychotic, Antidepressant, Risperidone
6 Dec 2013
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Examination of children"s behaviours that lead to abnormal problems. Examination of how normal development can impact abnormal trajectories. Children are predisposed to behave the way they do. Temperament tendencies to exhibit certain personalities based on bodily functioning. Disorders are primarily genetically determined (e. g. , down syndrome). Disorder trajectories determined by genetics (e. g. , schizophrenia). Extra y chromosome found among notorious criminals with homicidal tendencies. Dominant features associated with extra y chromosome is excessive aggression. Not consistently found and environment is a major contributor. Abnormal disturbances result from afflictions, illnesses, or diseases. Focus is finding the cause of illness (e. g. , infections, parasites, cortical damages). Four types of mental diseases: mania, melancholia, dementia, and idiocy. Moral treatment. treatment of mentally ill patients. Conflicts are within the individual, wholly or partly unconscious, and externally manifested. Society hinders instant satisfaction all the time. Psychological symptoms are learned and shaped by environment. Focus on determining environmental conditions that support behaviour.
