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A historical perspective on the understanding and treatment of abnormal behavior, from ancient beliefs in supernatural causes and treatments to the modern medical models. Topics covered include the abnormal, supernatural model, supernatural tradition in the middle ages and witchcraft, reform movement, decline of moral therapy, early medical models, and the community mental health movement.
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a psychological dysfunction associated with distress or impairment in functioning that is not typical nor culturally expected TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 deviant behavior= battle of good vs evil cause: demonic possession, witch craft, sorcery, movement of the moon and stars, lunacy treatments: exorcism, torture, beatings, and crude surgeries EX: trephination TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 476-1450 AD possession cause of illness treatment: prayer, exorcism, starvation, torture TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 15th -17th century witches voluntaryily work with the devil primarily women: poor, unmarried or disobedient attempt at diagnosis--> death wither way malleus Maleficarum 100,000+ accused and killed TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 late 18th to early 19th century 1450-1550 horrible institution conditions leads to this movement
Benjamin Rush- led the reforms in the United States Dorothea Dix- led mental hygiene movement TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 1880s not curable--> life long institutionalization and little/poor care TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 400 BC Abnormal Behavior as a Physical Disease first break from demonology TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 4 humors: vital fluids: phlegm, black and yellow bile, blood TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 Galen discovered arteries carry blood not the air and further grounding biological model, Rudimentary Treatments