Selected Formative Assessment Question:Define epigenetics and describe an experiment illustrating how early experience affects adult stress response and the epigenetic mechanism through which this is... Read More

Selected Formative Assessment Question:In what way has the concept of mind-body dualism had an impact on psychiatry? Describe recent work that undermines this perspective. Check... Read More

Selected Formative Assessment Question:Describe at least three interventional techniques that can be used to modify brain function and circuits – how do they work and... Read More

Selected Formative Assessment Question:Why have anti-amyloid treatments failed to prove beneficial in Alzheimer’s disease? What are future directions for the development of disease modifying treatments... Read More

Selected Formative Assessment Question:Describe the neurobiological pathways thought to play a role in symptoms associated with ADHD. Check out one of the following resources that... Read More

Selected Formative Assessment Question:Define allostasis and describe 3 neural systems that experience allostatic shifts with long-term opioid use. Check out one of the following resources... Read More

Selected Formative Assessment Question:Describe the neurotrophic model of depression. Check out one of the following resources that are excerpted from the Neuroscience Perspectives in Psychiatry course and... Read More

Selected Formative Assessment Question:Describe current evidence-based treatments related to the biology of fear conditioning. What other theoretical approaches for treating PTSD might be developed based... Read More