PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dorothea Dix, Philippe Pinel, Biopsychosocial Model

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Not effective (drain 40% of someones blood) Change happened due to philippe pinel (french physician) and dorothea dix (school teacher in the us). Lead to mentally ill being able to roam hospital halls and get outside. By 1950"s, over million people in hospitals but in 1955 chlorpromazine (also called thorzaine) was introduced. Was a drug that cured(not actually cured but helped) a bunch of people (schizophrenia ect) and let them go home. Sees psychological conditions through the same lens as western medicine tends to see physical conditions, as a set of symptoms, causes and outcomes, with treatments aimed at changing physiological processes in order to alleviate symptoms. Missing appreciation for the whole system of factors that affects the person"s overall functioning. Overly narrow, more focused on cure than on promoting wellness and helping the person become stronger more generally. Uses biological factors (neurotransmitters) , psychological factors(negative beliefs about yourself), and social factors (social isolation). (in depression)