Question

Isla has moved to a large city to start her first job after college. She likes her new apartment and her new work colleagues, but she cannot seem to shake feelings of sadness. Over time, she begins to sleep more and eat less. Even playing with her dog seems less fun than it used to be. Isla calls home to ask her father’s advice. He says that when he was her age, he went through the same feelings for about a year. He said he found a physician to work with that helped him use medication properly to balance out his mood.
How does each of the following concepts apply to Isla’s current situation?
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Heritability
Amygdala
Receptor site

Answer 1

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Explanation:

1. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is a medicine or drugs that serve as antidepressants. It is safe to use, and can easily stop the symptoms of moderate to severe depression.

Hence, Isla, can make use of SSRIs, to stop the symptoms of depression she is experiencing at that moment.

2. Heritability is a medical term that describes a measure of how well differences in people's genes exhibits for differences in their traits. Traits such as homesickness.

Hence, Isla, is experiencing Homesickness, in which heritability is describing how her gene, which she inherited from her father is showing or accounting for such trait.

3. The amygdala is a part of the brain, which plays a crucial role in the processsing of emotions, the amygdala.

Hence, it is possible that anomalies in the structure of amygdala, that is been triggered in, Isla, is what is causing her emotional feeling to be sad about her new environment.

4. Receptor site is part of a cell surface, a membrane such as neuron that contains receptor molecules that receive and react with particular messenger molecules (e.g., neurotransmitters).

Hence, the receptor site of, Isla's brain, is receiving and reacting to chemical imbalance of neurotransmitter, which led to her present situation.