PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Bulimia Nervosa, Cognitive Therapy, Twin
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Galen"s 4 humours (blood, black bile, yellow bile, phlegm) Somatogenesis idea that mental illness results from problems with body. View mentally ill people as sick, not possessed. Phillipe pinel (1745-1826) unchained mental patients, proposed moral treatment and therapy. Psychological disorder deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional behavior patterns. Deviant (is it outside of the norm?) Distressful (does it cause problems in your daily activity?) Importance of context: social norms, cultural beliefs, religious practices. The medical model the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and often cured. Dsm-iv the american psychiatric association"s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Not every patient has the same symptoms even if they suffer from the same disease. Works on the basis of identifying clusters of possible symptoms and determines diagnosis based on whether patients beet specific criteria. 8 healthy people admitted into mental hospitals. Claimed to hear voices saying, empty," hollow," & thud," and then acted normally.
