PSYA02H3 Chapter 18: Ch.18 notes.doc
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Early treatment of mental disorders in prehistoric times, this procedure was performed with a sharp-edged stone. Trephining a surgical procedure in which a hole is made in the skull of a living person; earliest known attempt to treat mental disorders opening was made to permit evil spirits to leave victim"s head. 18th century many europeans still believed that devils and spirits were responsible for peculiar behaviours in some people. Later on, medical authorities and general public regarded people with mental disorders as ill torture and extreme prosecution stopped. People with mental illness eventually regarded as harmless but strange most consigned to asylums that were inhumane (patients tied up, doused in cold water, bled, made to vomit, etc) Many patients were discharged b/c they were ok: led to campaign for humane treatment of mental patients and building of first mental hospital in nova scotia.
