PSYC 4039 Quiz: 4039CompleteNotesreviews (98% on the test)
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5. 18. 06: psychiatry saves lives can cause dramatic transformations, though this. What this course is not: antipsychiatry scientology, antidrug, antibiology. Most of mentally ill are in prisons, not hospitals: as a guard, could be hard to be sympathetic to them. History definition: the branch of knowledge concerned with past events in relation to human activities begins with writing (archaeology before that) History and science differences historical events are unique science deals with repeatable events in science, the causal variable can be isolated and manipulated science yields laws. 2: ex: the prevalence of a mental disorder is directly proportional to the availability of treatment for that disorder (baumeister"s statement, before antidepressants 50/100 million, after antidepressants 100,000/million. Madness from gothic mod, meaning anger or rage. Modnesse old english, additional meaning of folly or foolishness. Generic madness behaviors that are extreme, bizarre, violent, odd, agitated, or inappropriate. Possible causes of madness fever, intoxication, liver disease, syphilis, head trauma, schizophrenia.
