Question

What connections do you see between the nervous system and mental health? How do you think an individual’s mental health may impact the pathology of the nervous system? Provide at least one example to prove your point.

Answer 1

Our nervous system interact with every other system in our body, it controls the production of specific hormones in our body. Nervous system is well connected with the mental health. Mental illnesses are nervous system disorders that causes problems with thinking, mood or communicating with other people. Schizophrenia and depression are two examples of mental illnesses caused by a disorder of the nervous system.
Malfunctioning dopaminergic neurons and problems with glutamate signaling are the neurological causes of schizophrenia. Symptom of the disease include inability to differentiate between reality and imagination, difficult thinking etc.
These disorders are very severe that to affect a person's quality of life.