PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Drapetomania, Insanity Defense, Etiology
30 Mar 2017
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Clinical psychology - the area of psychology devoted to understanding and treating mental disorders. Used to believe mental illness was from the demon or something. Trepanning - drill a hole in the skull to release evil spirits o. Asylums - residential facilities for the mentally ill: treatments are bad and wouldn"t be allowed now, got moral treatment movement. In 1950 - got drugs named chlorpromazine - helped a lot: a lot of people left asylums - deinstitutionalization. It misses is an appreciation for the whole system of factors that affects the persons overall functioning. Medical model began to be overturned in favour of the biopsychosocial model o. Includes physiological processes within a more holistic view of the person. How do you tell someone has a mental disorder? o. Statistical abnormality cannot provide the sole basis for defining mental disorders: depends on many things, culture etc o. Came from the military and world heath organization.
