Document Type

Plan B - Open Access

Award Date

2018

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Biology and Microbiology

First Advisor

Greg Heiberger

Abstract

Novel approaches in understanding mental illness present solutions to current issues in treatment and diagnosis. With advancements in genetics and neurology, the etiology and pathophysiology of mental illness is slowly unwrapping. In discovering biomarkers for depression, addiction, and schizophrenia, the precision for preventing, diagnosing, and treating these disorders increases. The aim of this paper is to review current research for addiction, major depression, and schizophrenia in genetics and physiology, while also clarifying the need for reclassifying mental illness as diseases with a pathophysiological basis, not syndromal, idiopathic disorders. Mental illness is dynamic in that it encompasses both environmental and biological factors, but research emphasis on the latter has potential to improve the treatment of disorders, and possibly prevent them.

Description

Includes bibliographical references

Format

application/pdf

Number of Pages

20

Publisher

South Dakota State University

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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