PSYC 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Genetic Predisposition, Oedipus Complex, Bipolar Disorder
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Trephination (8000 bce) removing a piece of the skull to let spirits out: emerging worldviews. Chinese (300 bce) weather, stress, imbalance with tao (balance of good and evil, yin and yang) Europeans (medieval times) witchcraft, demonic possession. Early biological perspectives: egyptians (1600 bce) medical papyrus. Included first word for brain, introduction to dentistry and gynecology. Carefully preserved hearts and other organs while disposing of brains. Believed the heart held the processes of emotions and life: greeks: hippocrates (460-377 bce) Abnormal levels among bodily fluids: 4 humors (but may come from hindus) Phlegm (mucus) calm, lethargic in excess lethargy, phlegmatic. Blood thought to be positive sanguine. Black bile (poop) depressed melancholic. Tx: exercise, rest, blood-letting, purging, change diet, etc. to restore balance of fluids. Wrote 40 textbooks on medicine, created a series of different categories for illness, preached humane treatment of mental health dx"s. Scientific study of many mental health dx"s. Survey of western approaches: renaissance (1400s-1600s)
