biological explanations of abnormalities
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- Created on: 17-09-15 19:02
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- biological explanations of abnormalities
- schizophrenia
- gottesman and shield 42%mz 9%dz
- abnormal affect
- McGuffin 46%mz 20%dz
- addictions
- schukit 40% of sons of alcoholics decreased sensitivity 10% in non alcoholic sons
- phobias
- ost blood phobics 64%of patients had a 1st degree relatively also with a blood phobia
- preparedness ohman shown pictures of snakes, spiders, houses and faces, 1/2 received shocks with horses other half with faces galavant akin response higher with spiders with no shocks
- OCD
- abnormal brain structure in the orbitofrontal cortex and thalamus these are over active and linked with motivation to clean
- gilbert found increased thalamic volumes in OCD patients
- schizophrenia
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