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# Biological, cultural and historical foundations

Neurobiology and genetics of mental disorders, normality, culture and the history of psychiatry.

5 pages

## Topic

- [**A short history of psychiatry** From early asylums to moral treatment, diagnosis by course, psychoanalysis, the first…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/a-short-history-of-psychiatry/)

## Concept

- [**Culture and mental illness: cultural concepts of distress** Culture shapes how people feel, name and explain suffering; knowing local terms such as ataque…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/culture-and-mental-illness-cultural-concepts-of-distress/)
- [**Genetics and neuroimaging of mental disorders** Most mental disorders run in families through many small-effect genes plus environment; brain…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/genetics-and-neuroimaging-of-mental-disorders/)
- [**Normality and mental health** ‘Normal’ can mean healthy, ideal, average or growing; mental health is more than no illness: it…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/normality-and-mental-health/)

## Theory

- [**The neurobiology of mental disorders: neurotransmitters and circuits** Mental disorders involve brain chemicals (dopamine, serotonin, glutamate, GABA) and emotion and…](https://durgical.com/en/behavioral-science/the-neurobiology-of-mental-disorders-neurotransmitters-and-circuits/)

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Educational content on behavior and the clinical relationship; not a diagnostic or treatment guide and no substitute for assessment by a health professional. If you or someone near you is at risk, seek help now from an emergency service or a mental-health helpline.

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