Application

• use of anti psychotics to treat schizophrenia?

  * type of drug

  * reduce hallucinations and delusions

  * chemicals in drug block some receptors in brain

  * blocks dopamine so not all of it reaches next neuron
• use of anti depressants to treat clinical depression?

  * type of drug

  * raises people's mood by raising serotonin and noradrenaline levels in brain
• use of psychotherapy for schizophrenia?

  * uncovering childhood trauma

  * often based around conflicts with parents that have been pushed into unconscious part of mind

  * past conflicts can be discovered through dreams and hypnosis
• use of psychotherapy for depression?

  * counsellors don't always give advice but usually sit and listen

  * client comes up with own solutions, leading to them boosting their self esteem and having realistic expectations
• development of neuropsychological tests?

  * gives scores for how well brain is functioning

  * wisconsin card sorting test is cognitive task that checks function of frontal lobe in people with schizophrenia

  * beck depression inventory measures severity of depressive symptoms through multiple choice questions
• development of brain imaging techniques?

  * allow brain structure and function can be seen

  * PET scans have been known to show that people with schizophrenia have larger ventricles in brain than average

  * fMRI scans used to measure strength of connections between neural circuits in brain to show different types of depression