PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Genetic Disorder, Genetic Linkage, Mental Disorder
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Rules out environmental factors: linkage analysis; researchers try to understand exactly how phenotype plays a role in genetic disorder. Researchers look for biological/genetic samples where some family members have a disorder and some don"t. Frontal lobe; responsible for executive functioning such as motor movement, planning, inhibition, emotion: right side; when scared can give rise to manic like episodes, left side; when scared can give rise to depressed like states. Vernike"s area; comprehension of verbal sounds/language: hippocampus; allows information to be retrieved (affected gravely in alzheimer"s disease) Parietal lobes; responsible for visual/special functioning/constructional functioning: left side; difficulty understanding movement, right side; visual/special neglect. Anxiolytics; used for anxiety/sleep disorders/phobias/ pain disordersc. Antidepressants; used for depression/ body disorders/ first line treatment for pain disorders/used for dementia. Psychoanalytical paradigm; sigmund freud (structure of the mind id, ego, superego) Defense mechanisms; pushing unacceptable thoughts and process into the unconscious/denial/projecting your own behaviour and assume another has it.
