PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: American Psychiatric Association, Philippe Pinel, Personality Disorder
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Over the centuries our understanding of the psychological disorders has come a long way. The unfortunate people who have experiences that were out of the ordinary from all behaviors divisions to hallucinations may have been judged to be under best way of evil spirit inhabiting their bodies. By the 16th century this led to the witch scares which for at least two centuries created mass paranoia. Treatment for mental illness were directly based on this model of the illness of possession of evil. Asylums: residential facilities for the mentally ill we"re set up across. Europe with the general goal of curing the patient"s bodily afflictions that gave rise to their symptoms. Change in society"s approached retreat mental illness came with the activism of philippe pinel and doretha dix. Their advocacy lead to moral treatment which is patients being treated with kindness and decency able to roam the hospital halls and get outside fresh air.
