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    Mental Disorders

    Sohum Patel Tim Yiu Luke Shuker

    Schizophrenia
    This is a common mental disorder.
    Some correlation has been shown in recent research between ability in Mathematics and being diagnosed with Schizophrenia. 1% of the human population suffers currently from Schizophrenia.

    Symptoms
    Positive symptoms include: Bizzare behaviour and abnormal thought. Delusions Hallucination Negative symptoms include: The brains volume decreases by 5%. Cerebral blood flow decreases.

    How you Get it

    Dopamine flows through the sensory neurones, when to much flows through an overload occurs. Then dopamine escapes and builds up. This causes the positive symptoms of Schizophrenia.

    Depression
    Typical Symptoms Include Lack of interest Lower energy Higher fatigue, Sleep disturbance, Less of an appetite, Lower self esteem.

    2% of the worlds population currently suffer from depression.

    Treatments
    Electroconvulsive Therapy- Extreme Depression. Antidepressant tablets. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy- Talking to a psychologist/psychiatrist. This is applicable to both schizophrenia and depression. Antipsychotics- Schizophenia

    Electroconvulsive Therapy
    ECT consists of passing an electrical current through the brain to produce an epileptic fit. Short term issues with ECT includes headaches problems and, in the case of older people they may be confused. Long term side effects include memory problems which 1 in 10 patients suffer from. Some patients even report a change in personality although this is very rare.

    Criminal Profiling
    Criminal profiling is the act of developing a psychological profile of an offender based on the state of the crime scene. A profile is a psychological sketch of an offender. There is a lot that a crime scene can tell a forensic psychologist about the person who committed the crime. Criminal profiling is often used to help investigators catch psychopaths and serial killers that may otherwise go free. This tells a forensic psychologist a lot about the criminal.

    Criminal Profilers

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