After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

• Name and describe the various categories of psychological disorders.
• Understand the characteristics and neurological causes of schizophrenia.
• Describe how heredity and environment interact to produce psychological disorders.
• Understand the symptoms and causes of the affective disorders.
• Understand and describe the symptoms and physiological causes of the anxiety disorders.
• Explain the causes and features of the various personality disorders.