Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Mental Disorder, Family Therapy, Developmental Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Donald Gorassini

Document Summary

Treatment: clinical psychology: the field of practice and research that is directed toward helping people who suffer from psychological problems and disorders. A brief history of treatment: the early years: a very negative experience. Trephining: drilling a hole in your head to let the demon out. People with severe mental disorders were considered to be allies of the devil. In the 18th-20th century, people with severe mental illness were hospitalized, often under inadequate conditions. Deinstitutionalization, begun in the 1950s in the us, was a response to both the failure of large mental institutions and the (cid:862)success(cid:863) of antipsychotic drugs. Pinel believed these were more like diseases and we should treat them. Antipsychotic drugs were being developed, deinstitutionalization, with medication capable of controlling some of the most severe symptoms of mental illness, people could be returned to their community and be helped properly.