PSYC 3390 Final: Abnormal Psychology Full Notes.doc
5 Mar 2014
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Earliest treatment of mental disorders practiced thousands of years ago. Certain forms (those with headaches, convulsive attacks etc. ) medicine man treated by. Chipping away one area of the skull with stone instruments until a hole was cut through the skull; This was thought to allow evil spirits to escape when in fact may have just relieved some pressure. Early writings show chinese, egyptians, hebrews, and greeks often attributed abnormal behaviour to a demon or god that had taken possession of the person. Hippocrates, referred to as the father of modern medicine, denies deities and demons intervened in the development of mental illnesses. Insisted mental disorders had natural causes and appropriate treatments. Believed that mental disorders were due to brain pathology. Pointed out that injuries to the head could cause sensory and motor disorders. The four elements of the material world (earth, are, fire, water) combined to form the four essential fluids of the body:
