ART 1001 Lecture : Test 2 Lecture 8
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The early days: ice-water baths and electric shocks: mentally ill people began to be confined to institutions called asylums in the mid-1500s. Treatments were harsh and often damaging: philippe pinel became famous for demanding that the mentally ill be treated with kindness, personally unlocking the chains of inmates at. Behavior therapies: learning one"s way to better behavior: behavior therapies are action therapies that do not look at thought processes but instead focus on changing the abnormal or disordered behavior itself through classical or operant conditioning. 15. 5 how successful are behavior therapies: behavior therapies can be effective in treating specific problems, such as bed-wetting, drug addictions, and phobias, and can help improve some of the more troubling behavioral symptoms associated with more severe disorders. Does psychotherapy really work: eysenck"s early survey of client improvement seemed to suggest that clients would improve as time passed, with or without therapy.
