Mental Illness
When you turn on the news and see mass shootings, what do you think of? The thoughts that come to my mind are what could drive these people to hurt innocent citizens. There has to be some voice in these people’s heads telling them to pull back the trigger or a reason why they act out the way they do. Something in the biology of their human brain has malfunctioned. These people have a mental illness. In my paper I will informing you with the biology of a mental illness. The specific information of the biology of a mental illness I will be telling you about is what the biology of a mental illness it, diagnosing a mental illness, and how the biology of mental disorders has affected the world. To understand the biology of a mental illness you need to know what it means or what I am trying to explain to you. The definition of Biology is the study of a living organism. The definition of a mental illness is any disease of the mind. By knowing this knowledge the biology of a mental illness must mean it is the study of a living organism with a mental illness. The biology of a mental illness is called Biological Psychiatry. The “technical” definition of Biological Psychiatry is according to dictionary.reference.com is, “a school of psychiatric thought concerned with the medical treatment of mental disorders, especially through medication, and emphasizing the relationship between behavior and brain function and the search for physical causes of mental illness.”
In my opinion the biology of a mental illness is the most complex and interesting. A mental illness is development in the brain, so the biology of a mental illness has to do with the structure and development of the brain. This is why I think the biology of a mental illness seems very complex. The brain is something that is one of the most important thing to be informed about and understand because it is what controls most human species and animals on the world today. This is why the biology of brain
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