PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dorothea Dix, Philippe Pinel, William Tuke

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 034
• Professor: Nikkel

Document Summary

Removed chains from patients and treated them kindly, as an experiment- found it was successful: william tuke. Created the york retreat, trained physicians, and treated the patients with humanity and kindness; started to change the public opinion: friends asylum, philadelphia, dorothea dix. Aroused worldwide awareness of inhumane treatment for the mentally ill and established. Moral management- attempted to help satisfy a person"s social, occupational, and individual needs; emphasis placed on rehabilitating a person"s moral and spiritual self rather than curing the mental illness. Mental hygiene movement- focused on the physical needs of patients, keeping them comfortable. However, asylums viewed by public as eerie, strange, and frightening. Substantial growth in number of mental hospitals. Somatogenesis: supported with scientific research on causes of general paresis (is caused by an illness or impairment on the body) Degenerative disorder with psychological symptoms (delusions of grandeur) and physical symptoms (progressive paralysis)