PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Bipolar Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
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Asylums are residential facilities for the mentally ill. Used to cure bodily afflictions that have rise to their symptoms. Would drain 40% of a person"s" blood volume. Would throw people in a pit of snakes. Moral treatment was created by philippe pinel and dorothea dix. Chlorpromazine/thorazine was introduced in the 50"s and was given to people with schizophrenia and illnesses like psychosis. Letting be leave institutions and to lead normal lives. Although some people stopped medication and became homeless. Medical model sees psychological conditions through the same lens as western medicine tend to see physical conditionsas sets of symptoms, causes, and outcomes, with treatments aimed at changing physiological processes in order to alleviate symptoms. The problem is that the medical model is used for mental disorders. Prompting efforts to focus on a cure rather than promoting wellness. Biopsychosocial model includes physiological processes within a more holistic view of the person as a set of multiple interacting systems.
