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MENTAL ILLNESSES: SCHIZOPHRENIA, DEPRESSION, MANIA,
BIPOLAR, AND ANXIETY, QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY
GRADED A+
Genetics alone provides a poor prediction for - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Mental illness ( Not all
disorders are genetically link)
What is the diathesis model - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Its where it is believed that the best fit
model is the interaction of genes with the environment. Genetics alone provides a
poor/Incomplete prediction
Define stress - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..It is the normal response to threat. It is how we respond
to environmental threats and challenges.
-Usually the Body is ready for action - short-term
Stress is
1.Energy mobilizing
2.Reduce inflammation,
3.Infection (fight and flight) short term is fine
-Destructive - long-term
1.Decrease energy stores,
2.Enlarge adrenal,
3.Ulcers
-Individual, magnitude of threat, coping strategy
What are the stress responses - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Activate anterior Pituitary-adrenal
system
1.ACTH
2.Glucocorticoid - corticosterone
Physiological responses/anti-inflammatory
,What are psychological stresses - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-Psychological stressors - job,
divorce,classes
*Glucocorticoids,
* Epinephrine
*Norephinephrine
-Psychological stresses lead to physiological stresses
What is the Yerkes Dodson effect? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..It is the inverted U.Stress is good,
too little stress is bad and too much is bad, just a little is good. It is the principle that
states performance is best under moderate arousal rather than high or low arousal.
What is psychoimmunology - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..-It is the way Stress affects immune
system (Stress impairs the immune system)
-Stress affect the B and T-cells by lowering their number
stress activates the glucocorticoid receptors
-stress activates the NE receptors
-Stress is important in psychiatric disorders
Psychiatric disorders is experienced by what percentage of the population at least
once? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1/3 of the population will experience anxiety at least once.
How is it different between the sexes - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1.Females - Depression
2.Males - Alcoholism
What are the life time incidences of mental disorder - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..**Lifetime
incidence
-Adolescence - Schizophrenia, drug abuse
-Mid-life - Depression, antisocial personality
-Elderly - cognitive impairments
What is the difference between anxiety and anxiety disorder - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Anxious -
everyone experiences this.
vs
Anxiety disorder - this is also different from fear.
-It is Inappropriate stress response.
-The responses are Irrational
The response is Not directed to specific stimulus
Most prevalent psychiatric disorder
What is the ratio of men and women who experience this? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..1/5 women,
1/10 men.
Something is a disorder when it starts interfering with their lives.
, What are anxiety disorders? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..**Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-IV)
(These are categories of anxiety disorders) they can change soon
What are the various treatments for anxiety disorders? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Pharmacological treatment
1.Benzodiazepines examples of drugs-
a.Chlordiazepoxide - Librium
b.Diazepam - Valium
These are widely prescribed
Side effects -
1.Sedation,
2.Ataxia,- loss of bodys full move control
3.Addiction
-They work on the GABA-A receptor - requires GABA - facilitate Cl influx. GABA is used
in the opening of the CL- channels
2.Serotonin agonist
a.Buspirone - agonist 5HT1A - less side effects than BZD
b.SSRI
What are the signs and symptoms of Panic Attacks? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Signs and
Symptoms
-Palpitations, pounding heart or accelerated heart rate
-Sweating
-Trembling or shaking
-Shortness of breath or smothering sensations
-Feelings of choking
-Chest pain or discomfort
-Nausea or abdominal distress
-Dizziness, unsteadiness, lightheaded, faintness
-Derealization or depersonalization-(an anomaly of self-awareness. It can consist of a
reality or detachment within the self, regarding one's mind or body, or being a detached
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