PSYC23H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Brendan Fowler, Circadian Rhythm, The Wrong People
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Weekly assignments child abuse: effects, what constitutes child abuse? interventions (therapy) V little about the causes and effects of child abuse: does it pass on biologically & behaviorally thru generations, mental health; as a effect & risk factor. Most common form exposure to intimate partner violence: physical (spank, slapping) Even if you have one type of child abuse, there is a double/triple greater chance of developing a mental illness: 2 types (child abuse & exposure to intimate partner violence) Childhood abuse, suicide, and epigenetics: ppl who end up committing suicide & have been sexually abused as a. Critical for providing (-) feedback to hpa axis. W/o gr receptors, you don"t have (-) feedback occurring efficiently: hpa turns on all the time to everyday stressors, how much methylation, epigenetic marks are at the genetic sites for. This infl how the gr receptors are turned off. Increase in methylation= putting duck tape on a victim.