[Psychology 2310A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (15 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Katerina Rnic

Document Summary

Psychological abnormality: behaviour, speech or thought impairing ability of person to function in an expected manner. Mental illness: same; but implies a medical cause rather than psychological. Psychiatrists: trained in medicine prior to specialized training in mental disorders. Psychiatric nurses: nursing training & before specialization in psychiatric problems. Psychiatric social worker: attend to in uence of social environment on patient. Occupational therapist: provide broad range of services on rehab teams improve functional performance. Historical views: supernatural - spiritual (gods, demons, magic) Demon possession; treatment = exorcism, prayers & performed by priests. Middle ages = witch hunts consistent w certain religious views: biological / medical model - somatogenesis (cause is biological/physiological) Treatment = medication hippocrates (blood=sanguine[cheerful], phlegm=phlegmatic [no energy], yellow=choleric & black bile = melancholic) Early classi cation = mania, melancholia, phrenitis (high energy, low energy, delirium) Paracelsus: disturbance in spiritus vitae used hypnotism; believed the moon in uenced behaviour & coined the term lunatic .