PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Disorganized Schizophrenia
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Module 15. 1 + 15. 2 + 15. 3 + 15. 4. Change in society"s approach to treating mental illness (from asylums and other horrendous acts) came from philippe pinel and dorothea dix: moral treatment. By 1950s, over half a million people were in psychiatric hospitals in the u. s. In 1995: chlorpromazine (aka thorazine) allowed people with schizophrenia and other disorders to function independently, and psychiatric inpatients dropped by over. 80% over next 3 decades: problem: more homeless people (quitting meds and slipping back into disorders), and only reduced symptoms instead of being a cure. Mental disorder defence in canada = claims that the defendant was in such an extreme, abnormal state of mind when committing the crime that he or she could not discern that the actions were legally or morally wrong. M"naghten rule = daniel m"naghten was found to have assassinated the prime.
