HLTHAGE 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bethlem Royal Hospital, Mania, Medicalization
11 Sep 2018
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If a person felt down, wasn"t eating properly or behaving in a way that is unusual we think of them as being ill or sick: mental illness has recently been on a rise. Are historical symptoms the same as historical diseases. The way we see people change due to our perceptions. Pre-institutional history: earliest recordings from 2nd bce, potentially mania, depression and delusions. People did not used to be diagnosed with disorders or sicknesses but aspects of the sickness started to be described. People had mental disorders or sickness but had no way of diagnosing it: hippocrates and galen situated madness in the brain/ if you look in the brain it seems as it is deceased. Mental illness should be tangible: rome falls, medicine declines, treatment wards for mad found across the muslim world. People behave poorly because they learn it from someone.
