PSY240H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cholecystokinin, Barbiturate, Reuptake
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Clifford beers: received harsh treatment in early 20th century in mental hospitals. He started the mental hygiene movement for the reform of mental health treatment. Psychopathology: people who suffer mental, emotional, and often physical pain as a result of some form of psychological or mental disorder. Cultural relativism: there are no universal standards or rules for labeling a behaviour as abnormal. Instead, behaviours can only be abnormal relative to cultural norms. Biological theories: similar to physical diseases, caused by the breakdown of systems in the body. Appropriate cure was the restoration of the body to good health. Supernatural theories: a result of divine intervention, curses, demonic possession, and personal sin. Appropriate treatments were religious rituals, exorcisms, confessions, and atonement. Rest, relaxation, a change of environment, and certain herbal medicines were appropriate treatments. One treatment may have been to drill holes in the skulls of people displaying abnormal behaviour to allow the spirits to depart.
