Question

List and define the neurotransmitters and hormones used by the body.

Do you believe mental illness is environmental or genetics? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

@Shadow

Answer 2

@Vocaloid

Answer 3

Question 1.
There are several, but in regards to psychology, here are the main ones:
Cortisol - It is the 'happy' hormone that is released during periods of stress and anxiety.
Adrenaline - It is a hormone released from the adrenal cortex that is present in Sympathetic ANS arousals.
Epinephrine - The neurotransmitter form of Adrenaline, but it would affect the blood vessels.
Norepinephrine - Almost the same thing as Epinephrine, but it affects heart instead.

Leptin - Regulates satiety
Ghrelin - Makes you hungry
Prolactin - Milk production in women

HGH - Stimulates growth and cell reproduction

Acetylcholine - Used in muscular contractions, sarcolemma. It allows myosin to move over the actin.
Dopamine - Reward pathway, arousal, learning
Serotonin - Mood, the 'happy' chemical
Melatonin - Used by pineal gland to regulate Circadian rhythms
Substance P - Makes Pain
Endorphins - Alleviates pain


There are several more, these are the main ones.


Question 2.
It's a combination of both. There may be a genetic predisposition, but the abnormality gets room to develop under the correct circumstances. For instance, the diastress-model suggests that schizophrenia is 50% genetic and those that have a genetic predisposition may acquire it under the proper environmental and stressful conditions. This was discovered after a case-study with identical twins.

Answer 4

A source?

Answer 5

Sorry I was away. I just know this from past knowledge, but you can use the book I gave you earlier.

Answer 6

Ciccarelli, Saundra K. Psychology (AP Edition), 4th Edition.