PSY 4130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Pierre Janet, Wilhelm Wundt, Emil Kraepelin

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4130
• Professor: Shirley Griffith

Document Summary

Biological: medical model of mental illness, mental illness caused by dysfunctions of some part of the body, problems can be inherited directly or indirectly. Psychological: psychological events are the cause. Supernatural: disorders are inflicted upon someone by some supernatural being, ex. Mental illness starts to be seen as natural rather than supernatural. People with mental health problems were looked at as mentally deficient and needed to be locked away from society. Took chains off of the patients in mental facilities. Brought the concept of reform to mental institutions. Important in the liberation of slaves (antislavery movement) His ideas spread across the world through the word of the quakers. First person credited in america to have a scientific approach to the treatment of the mentally ill. Often referred to as the father of modern psychology. Mental illness due to tension in the brain due to blood vessels enlarged.