PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15.1 : Jeffrey Dahmer, Cannibalism, Dsm-5
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Asylums residential facilities for the mentally ill were set up across europe, goal was to cure patients" bodily af ictions that gave rise to symptoms. Treatments were generally ineffective, e. g. draining 40% of the blood in the body. Pinel and dix tireless advocacy for the mentally ill led to widespread reforms that ushered in moral treatment, in which patients were treated with kindness and decency. Chlorpromazine (thorazine) was introduced and people with disorders, such as schizophrenia, and other disorders that involved being out of touch with reality could function independently. Success of chlorpromazine led to widespread deinstitutionalization psychiatric impatient rate dropped by over 80% This was not a cure, just reintegrated people back into their everyday lives. Medical model sees psychological conditions through the same lens as western medicine tends to see physical conditions as sets of symptoms, causes, and outcomes, with treatments aimed at changing physiological processes in order to alleviate symptoms.
