The current emphasis on using brain imaging procedures with patients suffering from schizophrenia is based on the belief that such procedures
a. can assist with diagnosis.
b. might help identify the neuropathology that causes schizophrenia.
c. allow us to determine which medication will be of greatest benefit to the patients.
d. will show that schizophrenia is actually a form of split personality.
Question 2
According to the social selection hypothesis, the rate of schizophrenia is higher in the lower classes in the United States because
a. the stresses of living in poverty trigger schizophrenic symptoms.
b. poor health care and nutrition trigger schizophrenic symptoms.
c. schizophrenics are less able to find or hold good jobs.
d. only poor schizophrenics are labeled as mentally ill.
Exploring the functional activity of brain regions by using fMRI scans.
Cross-section of brain showing cerebrovascular accident.
Role of DISC1 in the Development of Schizophrenia
Illustration of the Brain Lobes Showing Location of Broca’s Area and Wernicke’s Area
North Atlantic Current
Loss of brain cells in a transgenic Huntington-disease mouse. (a) Section of normal mouse-brain stri