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Chapter 14 Class Activity

Chapter 14 Class Activity

Q The author states that psychiatric disorders are now considered to be long-standing errors in brain function, caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Have the class generate as many of these factors as they can think of, and write them on the board, separating them into two groups: environmental and genetic. Finally, examine how these categories are interrelated.

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The causes/etiology of psychiatric disorders is both genetic and environmental factors. Some of the genetic factors are biochemical imbalances, epigenetic regulation, genetics, brain function, physical deprivation, prenatal damage, and, brain defects or injuries, role of neurotransmitters.