NEUR 1202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Motor Coordination, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Basal Ganglia
3 Dec 2018
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Bce at least) but also the longest lasting supernatural or mystical explanations for suffering are still found in modern society. In the christian tradition, possession was treated by exorcism. This wasn"t very effective: the roman catholic church retains a protocol for exorcism, but it is generally only permissible after all ordinary medical treatments fail. 20th century: the 1920s, it was observed that epileptics rarely had schizophrenia (this turned out to be false). From this came the idea that mental illness could be cured by artificially inducing seizures. Electroconvulsive therapy (ect, also known as electroshock therapy ) was invented for this reason. A modern version of ect is still in use today for patients with severe depression that is not responsive to drugs or therapy. Ect is often effective, but nobody knows why it works. Today: the medical model: abnormal behaviour is a disease. Mental illness, psychopathology, neurobehavioural disorders: e. g. , parkinson"s disease, autism spectrum disorder, major.
