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9 Cards in this Set
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HIPPOCRATES |
Greek physician, father of modern western medicine. Held a biological view of mental illness, considering mental disorders to be diseases of the brain |
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SANGUINE |
Excessive blood in the brain is thought to be the cause of insomnia |
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MELANCHOLIC |
Depression was thought to be caused by black bile flooding the brain |
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PHLEGMATIC |
Indicates apathy and sluggishness |
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CHOLERIC |
Hot-tempered |
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coined the term HYSTERIA |
Wandering uterus, physical symptoms appear to be the result of a medical problem for which no physical cause can be found, such as paralysis and some kind of blindness |
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INSULIN SHOCK THERAPY |
Manfred Sakel To stimulate appetite in psychotic patients who were not eating Patients convulsed and became temporarily comatose |
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UGO CERLETTI AND LUCIO BINI |
Electroconvulsive therapy (treatment for schizophrenia and depression) |
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EMIL KRAEPELIN |
Founding fathers of modern psychiatry. One of the first to distinguish among various psychological disorders. |
