In 335 BC Aristotle suggested that the heart was in fact where mental information was processed. Eventually it came to be known that mental functions were actually processed in the brain and also people were beginning to discover that the brain can mess up. Mental illness was seen as a problem in society. As a problem that became more and more prevalent, people began to look for a solution. The only issue with looking for a solution was that no one had known where to look. The lack of medical education led to both misdiagnosis and mistreatment of people. The past knowledge of mental illness was based heavily in religion, only partially relying on simple science. It was not until 330 BC that Plato would suggest the brain as the center for mental
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This most likely furthered the idea that spirituality and religion were direct factors in mental illness or ‘madness.’ An extension of a minister’s duty would be to support mentally ill patients. Medical practice was not within their taught career but they treated the ill anyways (Foerschner). Ministers would further bias the ideas of mental illness by using spiritual means to attempt to cure patients. Trips to religious shrines were used as a way to relieve mental illness (Foerschner). The outcome of these trips would likely be simply tired, but still insane patients …show more content…
In this form of treatment, patients were shocked into seizures to relieve mental illness (Foerschner). This was often not the case, and resulted in either death or more severe conditions caused by brain damage (Foerschner). Patients were treated three times a week until they reached a dozen sessions on average, changing slightly in individual cases where less may have seemed to suffice, and more had been needed to ‘do the job’ (Foerschner). Side effects of electroconvulsive therapy would be amnesia and disorientation, but those were disregarded due to the outcome of the procedure, being more controllable schizophrenic patients (Foerschner). Though, if multiple sessions were not effective, patients would instead undergo different forms of psychosurgery, of which included the lobotomy (Foerschner). Drugs and treatments that obviously caused harmful results were not seen as harmful, because they also could detain patients (Healy
This most likely furthered the idea that spirituality and religion were direct factors in mental illness or ‘madness.’ An extension of a minister’s duty would be to support mentally ill patients. Medical practice was not within their taught career but they treated the ill anyways (Foerschner). Ministers would further bias the ideas of mental illness by using spiritual means to attempt to cure patients. Trips to religious shrines were used as a way to relieve mental illness (Foerschner). The outcome of these trips would likely be simply tired, but still insane patients …show more content…
In this form of treatment, patients were shocked into seizures to relieve mental illness (Foerschner). This was often not the case, and resulted in either death or more severe conditions caused by brain damage (Foerschner). Patients were treated three times a week until they reached a dozen sessions on average, changing slightly in individual cases where less may have seemed to suffice, and more had been needed to ‘do the job’ (Foerschner). Side effects of electroconvulsive therapy would be amnesia and disorientation, but those were disregarded due to the outcome of the procedure, being more controllable schizophrenic patients (Foerschner). Though, if multiple sessions were not effective, patients would instead undergo different forms of psychosurgery, of which included the lobotomy (Foerschner). Drugs and treatments that obviously caused harmful results were not seen as harmful, because they also could detain patients (Healy