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Bob-Dole

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Mood disorder symptoms that occur on a continuum can be
 
  a. normal, mild, moderate, less severe, and more severe.
  b. normal range, moderate range, and severe range.
  c. less than normal, normal, and more than normal.
  d. individualized altogether.

Question 2

Identify the possible causes of psychotic disorders.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

- biological risk factors for psychotic disorders include genetics, brain and neurochemical differences, and cognitive deficits
- environmental risk factors for psychotic disorders include prenatal complications, disease, famine, stressful life events, and substance abuse
- biological and environmental risk factors can make a person vulnerable to having a psychotic disorder
- one causal theory for psychosis is a neurodevelopmental model whereby an early disease state leads to key brain changes and stable psychotic symptoms



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