PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dorothea Dix, Beauport, Quebec City, Moral Treatment
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20th century: care for the mentally ill, treatment perspectives. Similar to physical disease, breakdown of some systems of the body: supernatural theories. Divine intervention, curses, demonic possession, and personal sin: psychological theories. Mental disorders as the result of trauma(s). Ancient theories : ancient stone age theories. Balancing the positive force (yang) to the negative force (yin: ancient egypt, greece and rome, ancient greeks viewed the world in terms of elements and humors. Primarily natural theories (e. g. , wandering uterus, hysteria, Did anatomical work on brain and cranial nerves. Used dissection to describe structure and function of physiological structures. He believed in various spirits working throughout the body, which we now think about in terms of hormones: medieval views (back to the supernatural) Devil as origin of malady: meanwhile, in the middle east, muslim culture. Was much more progressive in its treatment of mental illness : history: the middle ages. Mental illness viewed from a religious perspective.
