History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: American Psychoanalytic Association, American Psychiatric Association, Philippe Pinel

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

The mind is what makes us a person: memory, identity, free will, relationships, re ection and communication are some of the elements that comprise the mind. Mental states and brains states are related: focus on structure (especially brain damage) and brain function (especially chemistry) Key milestones: philippe pinel (1745-1826) psychiatric reformer and nosologist, alienation from reality . Caused by moral or emotional issue: sigmund freud (1856-1939) Psychoanalysis as introspection (especially re: family: the interpretation of dreams (1900) was a turning point; by 1911, the american. Psychiatric association in order to standardize the interpretation of mental disorders: dsm v was released in 2013. The dsm classi es mental disorders according to sets of abnormal symptoms and behaviour. Creation of nosological trees using standardized terms. It uses consensus among experts and statistical norms as the basis. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.