PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Demonic Possession, Middle Ages, Bsc Young Boys

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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1010b - lecture notes - feb. 4th, 2015. * note - following material will be on last test of the year (test 4), not test 3. Mental illness was once thought be be due to demonic possession. Trephining - a procedure used a during middle ages when people thought the mentally ill had been possessed by demons. Involves using a stone to chip away a hole in the skull so that the demon can escape. Hippocrates - thought mental illness was due to stress and recommended rest and good diet. Also thought that bodily fluids (which he called humours ) were out of balance among the mentally ill and sometimes treated mental illness by inducing bleeding or vomiting to balance the humours. Galen - thought there were physical and psychological causes to mental illness (e. g. , stress, loss of loved one) and that treatment should involve comforting the person and allowing them to talk about their problems.