Essays on Neuropsychopharmacology

Early psychosis intervention program is a community-based assessment program that is designed especially for outpatients that are experiencing first episodes of psychosis. It is however important to note here that there are a myriad of other conditions that might manifest themselves in similar manners as psychosis and correct and incomparable determination of psychotic cases is crucial. Immense research work has shown that early diagnosis and intervention on psychosis has had positive outlook in that the condition becomes relatively easy to contain unlike in late diagnosis where other complications might have arisen for example intense schizophrenia among others. It is for this ...

Psychology: Nature Vs Nurture predisposition to violent behavior

The researcher hypothesizes that both the variation in genes and the environment in which people are nurtured affects their tendency towards violent crime. Monoamine Oxidase (MAOA), serotonin Transporter Repeat Length polymorphism (5HTTLPR), Variable Number of tandem repeats (uVNTR) and Dopamine Transporter (DAT) alone or in combination are associated with violent criminality in imprisoned subjects (Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007). The researchers also hypothesized that MAOA genotype exerts its effects on violent or antisocial behavior following childhood maltreatment. The study found that the effects of adverse childhood and those of the MAOA genotype are independent in the tendency of individuals towards violent crime ( ...