PSYC 2490 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Heredity, Paresis, Moral Treatment

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2490
• Professor: Janine M.Montgomery

Document Summary

1547 henry viii devoted the hospital to confinement of people with psychological disorders o became a tourist attraction *bought tickets to enter o origin of term bedlam (wild uproar or confusion) o similar to the lunatics. Engage in purposeful, calming activities (e. g. gardening) o talked with attendants o in general, took responsibility for themselves o dorthea dix crusader for improved conditions for people with psychological disorders. Campaigned to improve the lives of people with psychological disorders. Efforts lead to 32 public hospitals being built. = degenerative disorder with psyc symptoms (delusions of grandeur) & physical symptoms (progressive paralysis) Established that some people with general paresis also had syphilis o louis pasteur germ theory of disease = disease is caused by infection of the body by minute organisms.