PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Johann Weyer, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Countertransference
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Trephining a surgical procedure in which a hole is made in the skull of a living person. Presumably, the opening was made to permit evil spirits to leave the victim"s head. People thought to be unwilling hosts for evil spirits were subjected to curses or insults deigned to persuade the demons to leave. If this approach had no effect, exorcism was attempted, to make the person"s body an unpleasant place for devils to reside. Other rituals included beatings, starving, near drowning and the drinking of foul tasting concoctions. Johann wier, a sixteenth century physician, was among the first to challenge practices intended to combat witchcraft. He argued that most people who were being tortured and burned for practicing witchcraft in fact suffered from mental illness. Most of the mental institutions were extraordinarily inhumane. Patients were often kept in chains and sometimes wallowed in their own excrement.
