PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Schizophrenia, Biopsychosocial Model
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Seen as special for speaking to spirits, attached to spiritual world. Later on were burned at the stakes by christians. Science has made way into pockets of clinical. Society didn"t know what to do with the mentally ill. Still do not know what to do, difficult to do. Back in the day, crazy people were put in one place. People started to realize that this was an illness. Not the interest in mental illness psychology. Psychic conflicts overpower defence mechanism to deal with in healthy ways. Function in ways reflective of early development stage. Some can and cannot be dealt with. Doesn"t work as well as it sounds as though it should. Manner in which patient thinks about things, rethinks. Helping a client get to their full potential in life. Where you are to where you want to be. We"re going to get at what is wrong and fix it. Stress triggers genetic dispositions towards certain diseases.
