PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Assertive Community Treatment, Deinstitutionalisation, Sheltered Workshop
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Chapter 15 treatments for schizophrenia and other. People w/ schizophrenia at least half do not receive adequate care, subjected to more mistreatment/indifference than any other group of patients. Severe form of bipolar/depression being misdiagnosed as schizophrenia. More than half of 20th century, people diagnosed w/ schizophrenia institutionalized in public hospital. Did not respond to therapies, so restrained + given essentials. Philippe pinel 1793, started moral treatment movement + started large mental hospitals than asylums. Located in isolated areas where land + labor were cheap, protect patients from stresses of daily life. State hospitals: public mental institutions in the united states, run by the individual states. Some put in back wards, used straitjackets + handcuffs. Most common was social breakdown syndrome: extreme withdrawal, anger, physical aggressive + loss of interest in personal appearance + functioning. Institutional care takes a turn for the better.
