PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Franz Mesmer, Gestalt Therapy, Aversion Therapy
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Chapter 18 the treatment of psychological disorders. The opening was made to let evil spirits escape. Signs of healing near the holes in the skulls suggest some people survived this process. Sometimes psychological disorders are thought of as products of modern times, but they have been around since human existence began. In the past, people who would now be classified as paranoid schizophrenics were seen as prophets or being possessed by the devil. The earliest known attempts to treat psychological disorders: trephining: a surgical procedure in which a hole is made in the skull of a living person. Many other painful and degrading practices were directed to people possessed by evil spirits such as exorcism, beatings, starving, near drowning, drinking foul tasting concoctions. Delusional schemes of people with psychotic disorders include beliefs of personal guilt and unworthiness, and in early times would think themselves as evil and some confessed to acts of sorcery and accepted persecution and punishment.