HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Philippe Pinel, Moral Treatment, Demonic Possession
2 Apr 2016
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Lecture 2: history of mental illness and psychiatry. First whig account: progressing towards a more enlightened treatment, doctors making discoveries great". Second ant capitalist, anti-patriarchy, anti-psychiatry revolution: modern treatment might not be great", make lives worse. First recordings from 2nd millennium bce describing mania, depression and delusions descriptions and personal accounts. Hippocrates and galen situated madness to the brain (somatic) Fall of roman empire = medicine declines: revived by islamic scholars, treatment wards for mad across muslim world, housing for problems with mood and behaviour. Little systematic study in christian europe: god"s punishment or demonic possession or imbalance of humours (biological, church was infinitely powerful. Some witches and madmen burned at stake: prayer, bloodletting, whipping, look violent but thought to be healing at the time. Not all suffered poorly most in homes with families with no treatment. Ex, dancing plague dancing for days on end and collapse from exhaustion. Drilling holes in head to relieve pressure, demons, etc.
