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Molecules of emotion
It's all in the numbers
Hollywood portrayal of mental illness
Pot Pourri
100
Dustin Hoffman portrays an adult ( Raymond ) with this disorder in Rain Man (1988).
What is Autism ?
100
This neurotransmitter is associated with the reinforcement effects of various drugs of abuse.
What is dopamine ?
100
How many half-lives are required to reach steady state?
5
100
This personality disorder is portrayed by Marina played by Demi Moore in the romantic comedy, The Butcher's Wife.
What is Schizotypal personality disorder?
100
Manipulating a person into believing something other than the truth.
What is Gaslighting?
200
Coarse tremor in the tongue is the feature of withdrawl of this substance.
What is alcohol withdrawl ?
200
Two peptide hormones that are involved in social bonding.
What are oxytocin and vasopressin ?
200
What is the risk of schizophrenia in parents of those affected?
5.8%
200
Angelina Jolie won an Academy Award for her memorable portrayal of Lisa Rowe suffering from this personality disorder in the film Girl Interrupted.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
200
This novel by Irvine Welsh is based on heroine abusers.
What is Trainspotting?
300
The studies of neurobiological correlates of borderline personality disorder have revealed hyperactivity in which of the following ?
What is amygdala ?
300
Increased impulsivity is associated with this neurotansmitter metabolite levels in CSF ?
What is 5-HIAA ?
300
This chromosome is associated with late onset Alzheimer's dementia.
Chromosome 19
300
Anthony Hopkins portrayed Hannibal Lecter with which personality disorder in the 1991 Academy Award winner 'The Silence of the Lambs'.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
300
In this play, the characters live in an imagined land in which dripping the juice of "a little western flower" into a sleeper's eye makes the sleeper fall in love with the first person he or she sees upon waking.
What is “A Midsummer Night's Dream”?
400
The neurological correlates of empathy are located here.
What is anterior insula and anterior cingulate gyrus ?
400
Linus Pauling, the two time Nobel laureate coined this term to express the idea that the right amounts of specific molecules can correct can correct disordered thoughts and emotions.
What is orthomolecular?
400
DSM-IV-TR (text revised) in 2000, which contains how many diagnoses ?
365
400
This condition where a person is influenced to relinquish their power to someone they perceive to be an authority figure was illiustrated in Stanley Milgram's experiment in the movie 'Obedience'.
What is Learned Helplessness?
400
This Neuroanatomist studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery and wrote a book named “ A stroke of Insight”.
Who is Jill Bolte Taylor?
500
Term which conveys whether the defendant has 'sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding, and whether he or she has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.
What is adjudicative competence?
500
This small molecule TrkB agonist acts on amygdala to activate emotional learning.
What is 7, 8-dihydroxyflavone ?
500
Recent genome wide association studies have implicated regions of which chromosome in autism spectrum disorders
Chromosome 5
500
This iconic phrase from the 1939 MGM Musical 'The Wizard of Oz' has developed into a popular cultural icon for any situation in which reality seems to take a back seat to a new order of freakish rules, people and events.
What is 'Toto-I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore'?
500
This researcher described three distinct attachment styles in which babies and toddlers form attachments with caregivers: secure, anxious and avoidant.
Who was Mary Ainsworth?