Braintastic
The region of the brain which helps with making plans, decision making, and controlling inappropriate behaviours.
What is the Frontal Cortex/Prefrontal Cortex?
It is known as the stress hormone.
What is cortisol?
Mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include hypomania and depressive episodes.
What is Bipolar II Disorder?
Skin cutting is the most common method of NSSI accounting for ___-___% of affected people.
70-90%
A break from reality
psychosis
The part of the brain which controls vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
Low levels of this hormone causes sleep problems.
Serotonin
The compulsion to pull out one's own hair.
Trichotillomania
The heritability of anxiety disorders ranges from _____-_____ %, depending on the specific disorder.
What is 20-50%?
Skin picking disorder
Excoriation
The part of the brain which controls involuntary functions such as breathing and heart rate.
What is the brain stem/medulla?
Having trouble paying attention in class may mean that this neurotransmitter level is low.
What is norepinephrine?
The most prevalent anxiety disorder in children under the age of 12.
What is separation anxiety?
For major depressive disorder to be considered, specific symptoms must last for at least ____________.
2 weeks
The only behavioural addiction listed in the DSM-5.
Gambling addiction
The part of the brain which would indicate whether you were good at playing a video game which requires good hand-eye coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
An increase in food cravings could mean that these two neurotransmitter's levels may be low.
What are serotonin and dopamine?
A disorder which was once considered a subtype of panic disorder, but is now an independent diagnosis.
What is agoraphobia?
ADHD begins in childhood, usually between the ages of ____ and ____.
3 & 6
The hormone that plays a key role in substance use disorder.
Dopamine
Two almond shaped parts deep in the temporal lobe of the brain which are responsible for sensing and expressing emotions.
What is the amygdala?
In obsessive compulsive disorder, this neurotransmitter's level is low.
What is serotonin?
Purging WITHOUT binge eating.
Purging Disorder
It is estimated that genes account for ___-___% of a person's vulnerability to developing substance use disorder.
40-60%
The gene transcription factor that is involved in both behavioural addictions and substance use disorders.
delta FosB gene