biomedical explanations of abnormalities
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- Created on: 17-05-16 11:52
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- biochemical explanations of abnormalities
- schizophrenia
- caused by an excess amount of dopamine in the brain
- iverson found high levels of dopamine in post mortem
- drug treatment has helped however brings about parkinson symptoms which is caused by low levels of dopamine
- abnormal affect
- teuting found that adrenaline and serotonin were broken dow nay enzymes present in urine, lower levels of chemical compound in urine of depressed people
- davidson and neale highlighted how certain drugs block the reuptake of these neurotransmitters.
- addictions
- dopamine has been linked as it gives us pleasure, this feeling becomes a desire so is repeated.
- von reported when pps where given a dopamine agonist (actives receptors) impulsive choices increased
- down regulation occurs where there are decreased receptors because so much dopamine being released and in the receptors need more of drug to get same feeling
- schizophrenia
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