PSYC 410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hypochondriasis, Jinn, Psychotherapy
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Phrenitis considered an acute condition characterized by fever and delirium: caused by an imbalance of yellow bile, muscle twitch and stiffness, bleeding from the forehead diagonal cut across the forehead, use of certain lotions and oils. Melancholia chronic: fearful, sad, distant from people, tired of life but do not wish to die, hostility, manifest into hypochondria, excess of black bile, lack of exercise, excessive consumption of dark wine and meat, exercise and diet. Interested in what is happening with the brain: vague but acknowledges that people have hallucinations. Middle ages roman empire: fall of the roman empire, byzantine empire, generalized learning for europe. Interest in plato aristotle: greek medical texts translated. Interest in madness: concern that love can be a form of mental illness. Islamic world takes treasure of learning: understanding of madness. Avicenna: 980-1037, western medicine until late 1600s, born in uzbekistan, persian, genius, precocious in intellectual talents, familiar with aristotle and galen, going to implicate the heart.
