PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Philippe Pinel, Demon, Sensory Deprivation
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Early therapy: electric eels to treat pain, supernatural view (medieval times) Once a year there was a gala for the patients: tranquilizing chair, sensory deprivation. Problems with early therapy: unhealthy overcrowding, blanket diagnosis, heavy stigma, majority of treatments did not work, became more about removing mentally ill from view of society, inhumane. Philippe pinel: saw inhumane conditions and decided to do something, sunlight, dignity and exercise would impact mental illness in a positive way. Goal: overcome difficulties or achieve personal growth (both) Does psychological therapy work: 80% if untreated people have poorer outcomes than average treated persons. Graph (look up: of those in therapy, 80% improved more than subjects placed on waitlist (smith et al. Why do we have different kinds of therapy: research support for treatment, conceptualized of why symptoms have developed. Why does someone have depression? : personal preference/client personality/beliefs about how change happens, time/10270$
