PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dorothea Dix, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Psychopathology(mental illness) is often seen as a failure of adaptation to the environment. Failure analysis approach tries to understand mental illness by examining breakdowns in functioning. Mental disorder does not have a clear cut definition. Many different conceptions of mental illness, each with pros and cons: Diagnose people as gay and treat them. Idea that there is something that we can trace to figure out. History views of mental illness what is wrong. During middle ages, mental illness were often viewed through a demonic model. Odd behaviors were the result of evil spirits inhabiting the body. Exorcisms and witch hunts were common during this time. During the renaissance, the medical model saw mental illness as a physical disorder needing treatment. Began housing people in asylums- but they were often overcrowded and understaffed. Treatments were no better than before (bloodletting and snake pits) Reformers like phillippe pinel and dorothea dix pushed for moral treatment. Treated patients with dignity, respect, and kindness.
