Timeline of Abnormal Psychology
Samantha Craig
6/11/2016
Marie Cesar, PhD, LMHC, CAP
1. Prehistoric Times (Stone Age to early Bronze Age)
a. Epilepsies, and other behaviors were believed to have been possessions of evil spirits
b. Trephination known as when individuals would have holes drilled into their head to release the spirit.
2. Middle Ages
a. Mass Madness – widespread occurrences of behavior disorders in groups that were cases of hysteria. (Butcher, Hooley, Mineka, 2014)
b. Exorcisms – prayers that involved holy water, ointments and the touching hands and of relics such as cross in order to rid the body of evil.
c. Asylums for the mentally ill became present first starting in the Middle East than grew to Europe.
3. 18th and 19th century
a. Asylums were reformed due to the maltreatment of their patients
b. William Tuke Established a treatment center to provide better care for the mentally ill
c. Philippe Pinel held experiments that requested change in the asylums.
4. 19th and early 20th century America
a. Benjamin Rush and Dorothea Dix
b. Rush brought the Moral Management which treatment studies the individuals social and occupational needs.
c. Dix was a vocal advocate on better treatment in asylums and for establishing more than 32 asylums in the United States, Canada and in some European countries.
5. 20th to 21st century
a. Deinstitutionalization- rehabilitation of those from the asylum back to a community setting with help in place
b. Movies, books and more educational elements started to take place to raise awareness on mental disorders.
c. Biological, sociological and environmental discoveries started to take place to explain many of these disorders
d. Technology and the medical field started to expand.
References
Dorothea Lynde Dix. (2016). In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from
Tuke, William. (2016). In The Columbia Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. Retrieved from
Faria, M. (2013). Violence, mental illness, and the brain - A brief history of psychosurgery: Part 1 - from trephination to lobotomy. Surgical Neurology International, 4, 49. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.110146
Butcher, J. N., Hooley, J. M., Mineka, S. Abnormal Psychology (16th ed.). 2014: Pearson Education, Inc.
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