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historical views of mental illness
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chinese, egyptians, hebrews, and greeks-belief in spirits possessing individuals.
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historical views of mental illness-hipprocrates ( the father of modern medicine)
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-proposed biological causes underlying mental illness
-proposed 3 categories MANIA, MELONCHOLIA, PHRENTIS |
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Galen (Greek Physician)
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divided causes of mental illness into physical and mental categories. 1st to propose illnesseses were NOT FROM SPIRITS
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categories included
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injuries to head
excessive use of alcohol shock fear adolescence menstrual changes economic reversals dissapointment in love |
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early treatments
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TREPHINING
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trephining
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involves chipping away a hole in the skull, presumably to let evil spirits out
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early treatments-humanism movement
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people with mental illness should be cared for and sent to country
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establishment of asylums
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-quickly grew and became overcrowded
-were characterized by the cruel treatment of mentally ill -didnt have enough staff -----> became like prisons. |
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Early Treatments
• For melancholia, Hippocrates prescribed: |
– a regular and tranquil life
– sobriety and abstinence from all excesses – a vegetable diet – celibacy – exercise short of fatigue – and bleeding (if indicated) – He would also often recommend the removal of patients from their families |
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Excorcism and withcraft were
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two early treatments used to get RID of even spirits (clergy)
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The Renaissance and the Age of
Enlightenment |
The “humanism” movement
– Establishment of Asylums • Meant to provide refuge for the mentally ill • Quickly grew in number and became overcrowded |
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PINEL
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suggested that treating individuals with mental
illnesses more humanely would improve their conditions |
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The work of Pinel led to what?
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*Moral Management-focused on patients social, individual, and occupational needs.
*emphasized patients MORAL and SPIRITUAL development rather than physical or mental *marked improvement due to this |
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What led to a decline of Moral Management?
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larger hospitals and poorly trained staff
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Dorothea Dix
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Mental Hygiene Movement
--->focused on physical well being |
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Lobotomies
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destroyed
portions of the frontal lobe of the brain in an attempt to relieve symptoms of mental illness |
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NIMH
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National Institue of Mental Health
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Community Health Service Act
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-1964
-ushered "deinstitutionalization" along with NIMH |
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Deinstitutionalization
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Original purpose - to treat individuals with
mental illnesses more humanely and integrate them and their treatment into the community • The failure to adequately fund outpatient and community mental health facilities left many patients abandoned. • A large portion of the mentally ill compose the homeless population |
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Emil Kraeplin
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The father of modern classification
of mental disorders DISM |
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Sigmund Freud
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developed PSYCHOANALYSIS
began treating students thru hypnosis @ the Nancy School |
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Freud had patients
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speak freely about their
problems while under hypnosis, often experiencing a lot of emotion |
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Catharsis
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a feeling of relief after hypnosis
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How did Freud discover the unconcious?
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Thru hypnosis-----> the portion of the mind that
contains experiences of which the conscious mind is unaware |
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Free Association
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having patients talk freely
about themselves, which leads to information about their feelings and motives |
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Dream Analysis
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having patients describe the
content of their dreams |
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Behavoirists
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behaviorism is rooted in the role of
learning in human behavior |
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Pavlov brought us?
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US, CS, UR, CR
*unconditioned/conditioned *repsonse/stimulus |
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Watson & Skinner brought us?
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Operant Conditioning
--positive and negative reinforcement-- |
