PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Designer Baby, Proband, Conceptual Framework
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Paradigm conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works. Important to understand different paradigms tells you about ideology, and how to treat disorders. Only engage in treatment if you know it will work through experiment. Societal importance: chemical imbalance but freudian take on depression would be different, paradigm we adapt treat individuals is important for society as a large and individual itself. Bio, psycho, social approach: no one answer to address mental illness, diathesis all come together. Genotype what you born with, fixed at birth. Genetic disposition important when trying to treat patient: family method. Then figure out children or relative of proband have greater chance having mental illness. If parents have schizophrenia, then 10% chance child will have it. No parents have schizophrenia than 1% chance child will have it. Therefore, genetics play a role of getting illness: twin method.
