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psychopathology |
the study of the nature, development, and treatment of psychological disorders |
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challenges of studying psychopathology |
maintaining objectivity, avoiding preconceived notions, and reducing stigma |
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characteristics of stigma |
A distinguishing label is applied (usually referring to undesirable attitudes), people with this label are seen as different, people with this label are discriminated against
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10,000 BC -- 600 BC |
abnormal behavior was attributed to supernatural forces (demons, evil spirits, etc). Used supernatural interventions such as exorcism and trephining |
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600BC-500AD |
rise of empires that value more natural and empirical research and approach to illness |
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hippocratese |
attributed abnormal behavior to abnormal body fluid levels, and was the first systematic attempt at understanding mental illness through biology. treatment was to get rid of bad fluids |
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4 humors/their abnormal behaviors |
blood/sanguine (cheerful) yellow bile/choleric (agitated) black bile/melancholic (depressed) phlegm/phlegmatic (sluggish) |
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500 AD- 1500 AD |
return to the supernatural perspective on mental illness. As the power of the church grew, religious explanations of metal illness grew. Mental illness was believed to be a consequence of immorality |
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abnormal psychology |
the application of psychological science to the study of mental disorders |
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psychosis |
a general term that refers to several types of severe mental disorders in which the person is considered to be out of contact with reality |
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syndrome |
a group of symptoms that appear together and are assumed to represent a specific type of disorder |
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epidemiology |
the scientific study of the frequency and distribution of disorders within a population |
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incidence |
the number of new cases of a disorder that appear in a population during a specific period of time |
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prevalence |
the total number of active cases, both old and new, that are present in a population during a specify period of time |
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lifetime prevalence |
total proportion of people in a given population who have been affected by the disorder at some point during their lives |
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comorbidity |
presence of more than one condition within the same period of time |
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1500-1800AD |
prosperity in Europe grew a renewed interest in science and medicine, there was an acknowledgment that Mental Illness reflects medical conditions at this time |
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Hospital movement |
strategy for treating sick in centers. People were removed from the community during this movement. Mentally ill were treated in solitude, chains, whips, and starvation occurred. These places were sometimes called human warehouses |
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Benjamin Rush |
recommended drawing a lot of blood to relieve brain pressure |
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st. mary of bethlehem |
one of the first mental institutions. People paid to gape at the insane |
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1700-1900 |
rise of "moral treatment" |
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moral treatment |
wanting to treat the mentally ill as people, and try to help them get better rather than getting them off the streets |
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Pinel |
freed the bonds of inmates at the asylum he worked at. Inmates were allowed to roam free-- many responded favorably. Raised awareness that environment played a role in the wellbeing of the mentally ill |
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Dorothea Dix |
advocate for moral treatment in US. Argued that treatment in hospitals was more ethical and cost effective, and was an advocate for the development of a larger mental health system. |
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psychiatry |
1844. Superintendents at the asylums were medical drs that eventually started their own specialty from working with the mentally ill patients. Started a new specialty in medicine |
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1st breakthrough |
recognition that a significant portion of cases were caused by virus. Many of the most severe cases had syphilis and experienced general paresis. in 1910, pharmacological treatments are realized |
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general paresis |
the mental and physical effects associated with syphilis |
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2nd breakthrough |
development of medications to treat mental illness. First antipsychotic discovered on accident in 1950s, which led to the discharge of many patients |
