BIOPSYCHOLOGY

1. Change in the body

1.1. NEUROTRANSMITTERS

1.2. GENES

1.3. INFECTIONS/VIRUSES

1.4. NEUROANATOMY

2. Biopsychologists believe that mental illnesses are like physical disorders because there is a PHYSICAL CURE

3. Neurotransmitters are CHEMICAL signals. Types of neurotransmitters include SERITONIN, DOPAMINE AND ADRENILIN. An imbalance in neurotransmitters may cause a mental disorder to develop

4. GENES are passed down from parent to child. You can study this using Gottesman and Shield

5. Some disorders may be related to exposure to INFECTIONS OR VIRUSES in the womb. This can often lay dormant until teens when HORMONES can activate it, which manifests itself as a mental illness

6. NEUROANATOMY is the change in brain structure after brain injury or brain tumours