PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Nellie Bly, Philippe Pinel, Strange Behaviour
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Discovered the conditions in which patients were treated asylum. Reports about bad treatment turned out to be true. When it becomes a disorder it becomes maladaptive in which it interferes with your daily life. What is considered a significant disturbance has changed over the years. Strange behaviour thought to be the result of evil spirits. Therapies included beatings, mutilation, or transfusions of animal blood. Poor treatment of individuals with psychological disorders. Promoting humane treatment of individuals with psychological disorders. Idea: if you have a disorder, treatment can help cure or moderate. Classification can help predict the future course of a disorder. Critics fault the dsm ( diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) for casting too wide a net, and classifying nearly any behaviour as a pathology. Labels may restrict our ability to think critically. United states has the highest rate of disorders. Most common disorders in the united states. Least common disorders in the united states.
