pcth325 20 pharmacology of mental disorders

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scientific psychology:

normal and abnormal have a statistical meaning. abnormal is uncommon or rare

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medicine:

abnormal is morbid or diseased

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clinically positive vs negative

positive: functions not normally prsent, or out of context

negative: deficit or loss of function

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mental disorders are charecterized by:

identifiable symptomes that cluster into syndromes

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medications ameliorate the severity of symptoms in the acute phase, and may decrease the duration of acute episodes

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__ nt pathways are the focus of stduy of multiple mental and neurological disorders

ascending monoamine

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a cortical microcircuit balances

excitation and inhibition