unit 1: biological approaches

Question 1

heredity

Answer 1

degeneration theory, deviations from normal function are transmitted by hereditary processes and that these deviations progressively degenerate over generations

Question 2

classification

Answer 2

the foundation from which research is generated. It also attempts to guide the selection of treatment and to indicate the likely course and outcome of the disorder

Question 3

syndromes

Answer 3

the groups of symptoms that tend to occur together, different disorders have distinct features but also differ in age at time of onset and their typical course through time

Question 4

infection as a cause of mental disorder

Answer 4

patients with gpi- general paresis of the insane might have acquired this disorder by an infection

Question 5

GPI

Answer 5

now known to be a result from untreated infections by the syphilis spirochete

Question 6

somatogenisis

Answer 6

the idea that psychopathology is caused by biological factors

Question 7

shock therapy

Answer 7

shocks can produce recovery from mental illness

Question 8

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Answer 8

electrically induce a seizure in mental patients

Question 9

psychopharmacology

Answer 9

• mental illness results from disordered brain chemistry

- pharmacological agents for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.