hippocrates
father of modern medicine; a greek physician who believed that mental disease was the result of natural causes and brain pathology rather than demonic activity.
asylums
places of refuge meant solely for the care of people with mental illness.
moral management
wide-ranging method of treatment that focused on a patient's social, individual, and occupational needs
mental hygiene movement
advocated a method of treatment that focused almost exclusively on the physical well-being of hospitalized patients
deinstitutionalization
large numbers of psychiatric hospitals were closed, and there was a significant reduction in state and county mental hospital populations, from over half a million in 1950 to about 100,000 by the late 1980s.
psychoanalytic perspective
the perspective that stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior treated with psychoanalysis
catharsis
a release of emotional tension
unconscious
the portion of the mind that contains experiences of which a person is unaware
free association
a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing
dream analysis
a psychoanalytic technique in which the therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the client's dreams.
plato
greek philosopher who believed that patients with mental illness should be treated humanely and should not be held responsible for their actions.
aristotle
a greek philosopher and a pupil of plato who believed in the hippocratic theory that various agents, or humors, within the body, when imbalanced, were responsible for mental disorders; rejected the notion of psychological factors as causes of mental disorders
galen
a greek physician who contributed much to our understanding of the nervous system; divided the causes of mental disorders into physical and mental categories.
avicenna
prince of physicians and wrote 'the canon of medicine'; an ancient persian physician who promoted principles of humane treatment for people with mental disturbances at a time when western approaches to mental illness were inhumane.
paracelsus
a swiss physician who rejected demons as a cause of abnormal behavior; believed in psychic causes of mental illness.
johann weyer
a german physician who argued against demonology and was ostracized by his peers and the church for his progressive views.
william tuke
an english quaker who established the york retreat, where patients with mental illness lived in humane surroundings.
philippe pinel
a french physician who pioneered the use of moral management in france, where patients with mental illness were treated in a humane way.
benjamin rush
founder of american psychiatry, who used moral management, based on pinel's humanitarian methods, to treat people with mental disturbances.
dorothea dix
mental hygiene movement in the usa which focused on the physical well-being of patients with mental illness in hospitals.
clifford beers
who campaigned to change public attitudes toward patients with mental illness after his own experiences in mental institutions.
emil kraepelin
psychiatrist who developed the first diagnostic system.
sigmund freud
the founder of the school of psychological therapy known as psychoanalysis.
wilhelm wundt
german scientist who established the first experimental psychology laboratory in 1879 and subsequently influenced the empirical study of abnormal behavior
william healy
american psychologist who established the chicago juvenile psychopathic institute and advanced the idea that mental illness was due to environmental, or sociocultural, factors.
dialetics
rooted in idea everything is made up of opposites and change occurs when there is a dialogue between the opposing ends
ancient egyptians
archaeology and early writing indicate that the first people to think that the brain was the site of mental functions were the...
demonic possession
chinese, egyptians, hebrews, and greeks blamed abnormal behavior on...
awe and respect
if an abnormal conduct consisted of speech that had religious or mystical significance, the person was treated with...
rationalism
hippocrates represented a way of thinking called...
chung ching
the hippocrates of china; based his views of physical and mental disorders on clinical observations
biopsychosocial model
chung ching formulated an understanding of abnormal psychology to modern day...
humanism
movement emphasizing human interests and concerns
country asylums act
passed in england in 1845; required every county to provide asylum to "paupers and lunatics"
during the 1st half of the 20th century,
more asylums were established
mary jane ward
the snake pit
erving goffman's asylums
described neglect and maltreatment of patients in mental hospitals
community mental health act of 1963
established outpatient clinics, inpatient hospital facilities, community programs
development and use of antipsychotics and mood stabilizers
what event reduced the people in mental hospitals?
dorothea dix
which individual increased availability of treatment for mentally ill in usa?
large asylums in remote locations
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