CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
coined the word hysteria
hIPOCRATES
somatic symptom disorders
hysteria
result of a medical problem for which no physical cause canbefound, suchas paralysis and some kinds of blindness
e somatic symptom disorders
sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterial microorganism entering the brain
advanced syphilis
sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterial microorganism entering the brain
advanced syphilis
believing that everyone is plotting against you
delusion of persecution
thinking you are God
delusion of grandeur
germ theory of disease
Louis Pasteur’s
it facilitated identification of the specific bacterial microorganism that caused syphilis.
Louis Pasteur’s germ theory of disease
causes of insanity were always physical
John P. Grey’
mentally illpatient should be treated as physically ill
John P. Grey’s
on whos leadership hospitals greatly improved and they became more humane, livable institutions
John P. Grey’
electric shock and brain surgery
Benjamin Franklin
mild and modest electric shock to the head produced a brief convulsion and memory loss (amnesia) but otherwise did little harm.
Benjamin Franklin
one of the founding fathers of modern psychiatry lasting contribution was in the area of diagnosis and classification
Emil Kraepelin