What is biological psychiatry? What are some of the most prevalent somatic therapies used in the 20th century?

Please answer the following questions and site any information taken from outside source. No need to repeat the question in the answer for content or length.

1) What is biological psychiatry? What are some of the most prevalent somatic therapies used in the 20th century?

2) Please list and discuss the four major pharmacokinetic factors and the relevance of each.

3) What were some of the main historical arguments against psychological treatment approaches to mental disorders?

4) What were some of the main historical arguments against biological treatment approaches to mental disorders?

5) What does it mean to say that biological and psychological factors interact? Please give some examples.

6) What is stimulus-response specificity? Why is this important in psychopharmacology?

7) Please list the main components of a nerve cell (neuron)

8) What is a neurotransmitter?

9) What is a synapse?

10) What are the two main systems of the autonomic nervous system? What are the primary functions of each?

11) How does “clinical” anxiety differ from “normal” anxiety that we all may experience?

12) Considering Psychopharmacology What might be some of the main challenges when working, as a service provider, with an individual with Major Depression or Bipolar Disorder?