biological treatment

Question 1

what is a biological treatment

Answer 1

diet

Question 2

why use biological treatment

Answer 2

because minerals, vitamins and essential fatty acids play a role in human behaviour

• deficit can result in violence or aggression
• low blood sugar levels have been noted to result in increased irritability

Question 3

evaluation

Answer 3

Benton 1996 - Peruvian children 6-7 years old monitored irritability and frustration whilst playing video game after monitoring blood sugar levels.

• He found an increase in irritability when there was a moderate fall in blood sugar levels
• however, aggression in this case may be dependant on provocation and own social skills

Gesch et al 2002 - 231 male prisoners receive vitamin/ mineral/ fatty acid supplementation or placebo (142 days)

• antisocial behaviour and dietary intake recorded and baseline measure of anger, anxiety and depression obtained prior
• disciplinary incident dropped from 16 to 10.4 (35%)
• placebo only dropped 6.7%
• however, no significant difference in self-reported levels of anger anxiety and depression