Science: Yr 11 Psychology

Abstract - There is substantial evidence for partial overlap of genetic influences on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, with family, twin, and adoption studies showing a genetic correlation between the disorders of around 0.6.
Published in Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2014.
Written byAlastair G. Cardno , and Michael J. Owen

Infertility has been described as creating a form of stress leading to a variety of psychological problems. Both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are effective treatments for infertility stress. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy along with fluoxetine for improvement infertility stress in infertile women.
Published in International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, 2013.
Written by Faramarzi M, Pasha H, Esmailzadeh S, Kheirkhah F, Heidary S, and Afshar Z.

Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive fear and subsequent avoidance, typically in response to a specified object or situation and in the absence of true danger. Anxiety disorders have a high prevalence, with a 12-month rate of about 18% and lifetime rates of about 29%.
Published in Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 2011.
Written by Christian Otte.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for people whose depression has not responded to antidepressants. However, the long-term outcome is unknown. In a long-term follow-up of the CoBalT trial, we examined the clinical and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy as an adjunct to usual care that included medication over 3–5 years in primary care patients with treatment-resistant depression.
Published in Lancet Psychiatry, 2016.
Written byNicola J Wiles, Laura Thomas, Nicholas Turner, Kirsty Garfi eld, Daphne Kounali, John Campbell, David Kessler, Willem Kuyken, Glyn Lewis, Jill Morrison, Chris Williams, Tim J Peters, and Sandra Hollinghurst.

Article looks at how intelligence is one of the best predictors of important life outcomes such as education, occupation, mental and physical health and illness, and mortality. Intelligence is one of the most heritable behavioural traits. This article highlights five genetic findings that are special to intelligence differences and that have important implications for its genetic architecture and for gene-hunting expeditions.
Written by Plomin, R., and Deary, I.
Published in Molecular Psychiatry, 2014.

Article Abstract - To further knowledge concerning the nature and nurture of intelligence, we scrutinized how heritability coefficients vary across specific cognitive abilities both theoretically and empirically.
Published by Sage Publications, Inc. on behalf of the Association for Psychological Science, 2013.
Written by Kees-Jan Kan, Jelte M. Wicherts, Conor V. Dolan and Han L. J. van der Maas

Article purpose: To review what is known about the pandemic’s effect on women’s mental health, what makes them more predisposed to vulnerabilities and adverse impacts, and strategies for preventing and treating these mental health consequences in the female population during specific stages across the lifespan.
Published in Archives of Women's Mental Health, 2020.
Written by Marcela Almeida, Angela D. Shrestha, Danijela Stojanac & Laura J. Miller

Abstract - Green space is now widely viewed as a health-promoting characteristic of residential environments, and has been linked to mental health benefits such as recovery from mental fatigue and reduced stress, particularly through experimental work in environmental psychology. Few population level studies have examined the relationships between green space and mental health.
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014
Written by Beyer, K, Kaltenbach, A, Szabo, A, Bogar, S, Nieto, F & Malecki, K.