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Biological psychopathology is the study of the biological basis of mental illness. It attempts to elucidate the genetic and neurological etiology behind psychological disorders, including schizophrenia, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders.Although it interacts with clinical psychology, it is a specialized subset that usually takes place in an experimental context. It is known by several alternative names, including clinical neuroscience and experimental psychopathology.It is an interdisciplinary approach that comes from sciences such as neuroscience,psychopharmacology, biochemistry,genetics,and physiology, in order to examine the biological basis of behavior and specifically psychopathology. Biological psychopathology and other approaches relating to mental illness are not mutually exclusive, but many basically attempt to deal with the illness through different levels of explanation. Due to the focus on the biological processes of the nervous system, however, biological psychopathology has been particularly important in developing and prescribing drug based treatments for mental disorders. In practice, typically both medication and psychological therapy are used in synchronization to treat mental illness.

Biological psychopathology is specifically offered as a specialty in the PhD program at the University of Minnesota, in its high ranked psychology department.[1] Some famous scientists studying biological psychopathology include Rachel Clark of Northeastern University.[2]

Scope of Biological Psychopathology
Origins and Basis of Biological Psychopathology
Diagnostics
Treatments

References

   ^ Biological Psychopathology
   ^ Roster

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