PSYC 4039 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bipolar Disorder, Phlegm, Book Of Deuteronomy
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Psychiatry didn"t develop medically till about 19th century. Mental illness has probably always existed but not necessarily the same that exist now. 1 per 1,000 ~was prevalence of mental illness but much higher today. Prehistory not much evidence of mental illness aside from reason only evidence of mental illness existence are thousands of trephinated skulls- deliberate making of a skull in a living person. Theory: mentally ill people which at the time was probably seen as supernatural thought they were possessed or had a spell cast on them. The hole was put in the head perhaps they to release this demon or spirit causing this mental illness. People start writing and real evidence is provided for existence of mental illness. Some medical texts about altered mental states usually associated with high fever. Record instances of behavior that look like insanity and refer to it as supernatural. Refer to weird behavior sounding like insanity usually associated with high fever.
