PSYC 3125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Philippe Pinel, Animal Magnetism, William Tuke
29 Mar 2014
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Chapter 5: the practice of psychology at the interface with. This chapter focuses on the historical figures and their work to account for development of psychology in the delivery of mental health services. Age of enlightenment: the age of enlightenment (or simply the. Enlightenment) is the era in western philosophy, intellectual, scientific and cultural life, centered upon the 18th century, in which reason was advocated as the primary source for legitimacy and authority. Men were regarded as creatres of reason while women were regarded as creatures of emotion. Hippocrates (460-370 bc) said that health was regulated by the balance of four humors in the body including black bile, yellow bile. He was the first to formulate the first medical theory. During enligtenement madness was considered to be due to loss of reason. Vicenzo chirugi (17th century) italian physician , he outlawed chains to restrain patients and introduced more humanitarian reforms to the psychiatric hospital.
