The Biological Approach to Abnormality
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- THE BIOLOGICAL APPROACH
- INFECTION
- Bacteria and viruses can infect the brain causing mental illnesses
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- Brown(2004): women who suffer from influenza during pregnancy may have children who develop schizophrenia later in life
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- Bacteria and viruses can infect the brain causing mental illnesses
- BIOCHEMISTRY
- Imbalances in neurotransmitters in the brain can cause mental illness
- Schizophrenia is linked to an imbalance in the neurotransmitter called dopamine
- Imbalances in neurotransmitters in the brain can cause mental illness
- BRAIN DAMAGE
- Brain Damage can cause behavioural problems
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- Clive Wearing - man with no short-term memory. Has the worst case of amnesia and only recognises his wife.
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- Brain Damage can cause behavioural problems
- GENETICS
- We inherit mental illness in the same way we inherit physical characteristics
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- Holland et al(1988) show that identical twins are both more likely to suffer with an eating disorder than non-identical twins
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- We inherit mental illness in the same way we inherit physical characteristics
- INFECTION
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