PSYC 4039 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Mania, Barbiturate, Ugo Cerletti
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Custodial institutionalization: custodial meaning (cid:498)taking care of(cid:499) Shock therapy (e. g. , artificial drowning, flemish physician dr. jan baptista van. Hydrotherapy: putting hysteric patients in cold water, making patients soak in hot baths, this was an alternative that was available before 1900. Faradization: a form of electrical therapy, electrical currents are passed through a patient"s body, (cid:498)deficiency in nerve energy, so they were trying to supply the brain of that electrical energy(cid:499) Pharmacotherapy: goes back to 1950, an alternative available before 1900. Alkaloids: plant derived, a base; compound that is derived from plants. Morphine: most common use of morphine is for pain, could not be used in its pure form, used in the form of opium, psychiatrists used morphine for its sedative properties. Cocaine: became available in purified form in 1850, used to treat depression, other drug addictions, etc. Synthetics: chloral hydrate, date rape drug, (cid:498)mickey fin(cid:499), paraldehyde, bromides (cid:862)new alternative (cid:863)
