PSYC 3P61 Lecture Notes - Canadian Mental Health Association, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, General Paresis Of The Insane

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3P61
• Professor: Dot Miners

Document Summary

Until the end of the crusades in the 15th cen there were very few mental hospitals in europe. Confinement of the ill began in the 15th and 16th cen. Leprosarium"s were converted to asylums refuges established for the confinement and care of the mentally ill. The priory of st. mary of bethlehem was founded in 1243. hospital devoted to mentally ill. Bedlam- a scene or place involving a wild uproar or confusion. The term is derived from the scenes at bethlehem hospital in london, where unrestrained groups of mentally ill people interacted with each other. Viewing violent patients was considered entertainment and tix to bedlam were sold. Rush who practised medicine is considered father of american psychiatry. He believed that mental disorders were caused by an excess of blood in the brain. He thought many lunatics could be cured by being scared.