PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Neurology, Mental Disorder, Psychoanalysis
18 Aug 2020
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Informal support through family, not much research for people with mental disorder. 16th century asylum (institution for insane, fist prison like) 18th century enlightenment asylums become more hospital like. Mental illness become something they wanted to cure rather than just locking up. William battle published first book on psychiatry (treatise on madness) Common-sense medical practice bringing patients back to their sense through cold showers, fast spinning around etc: moral treatment trying to influence patient to behave normally under influence of an authority person like a doctor. Late 19th neurologist came in & tried to fix milder forms of mental problems outside asylums. At this point still basic psychiatrists, today specialist of nervous system. Most medical or educational treatment, education better results in first halt of 19th century. One of the first neurologist, most important book interpretation of dreams". Influenced by wilhelm von br cke believed that living organism were energy system governed by principles of physics and chemistry (psychodynamics)
