HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gluten, Occupational Safety And Health, Syphilis
22 Feb 2018
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Century of the psyences ii: mental health concerns now central to everyday life, with 20-50% of population receiving diagnosis, many others prophylactically attempting to improve/ protect mental health: Basic theory: mental disorder result of conflicts between id (angry, wants satisfaction, sex, fight, personal gratification), superego (consciousness, voice of society, societal appropriate behaviour) and ego (run between both poles, find a way to balance both). When ego overburdened by demands of the id and superego (anxiety) it utilizes defence mechanisms (repression, denial). Took psychiatrists out of the asylum widened meaning of mental illness treatment preserve of the wealthy strengthened importance of patient/ doctor relationship the face of psychiatry. Pre- wwii climate: psychoanalysis was out of reach for many patients and theoretically repugnant for many practitioners. !2: amidst a climate of desperation (overcrowding of asylums), search for new methods and cures begins. Julius wagner- jauregg develops malarial fever therapy- effectively treating the psychoses of g. p. i.
