PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 23-24: Ct Scan, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mental Health Professional

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Christopher Miners

Document Summary

People have tried many different treatments for psychological disorders, ranging from drilling holes in their skulls (trephining) to freud"s famous psychoanalytic treatment to drug treatments and behavior modification treatments. Most mental illnesses are chronic and recurrent, persisting over the individual"s lifetime. For this reason, early identification and treatment of individuals with these illnesses is crucial to preventing what can be a lifelong course of disorder. Treatment of mental disorders in ancient and medieval times. Mental disorders have existed throughout human history, and evidence exists that humans attempted to treat mental disorders as early as prehistoric times. People"s attitudes toward mentally ill individuals and treatment of them have changed tremendously. Throughout history, society has viewed people with mental disorders both largely have positively and negatively; unfortunately, negative perceptions dominated across cultures. People with mental disorders have been revered as prophets or spiritual leaders. But it was much more common to believe such people to be possessed by demons or evil spirits.