Historical Perspective

Question 1

Trephination

Answer 1

inserting a sharp metal rod into the scalp of the individual

Question 2

How did Greco-Roman’s categorize mental health?

Answer 2

1. Mania
2. Mania
3. Phrenitis

Question 3

Phrenitis

Answer 3

a fever in the brain

Question 4

Reduction of over abundances

Answer 4

imbalances inside which need to be reduced
i.e. bloodletting, exercise, changing diet, vomiting,

Question 5

What treatments did Greco-Roman’s use?

Answer 5

1. Reduction of over-abundances
2. Bloodletting
3. Tranquil existence
4. Music therapy

Question 6

Hydrotherapy

Answer 6

hosing, ice baths, dunking, surprise showers

Question 7

What treatments did the middle ages use?

Answer 7

1. Rest and receipt of prayers
2. Exorcism
3. Hydrotherapy
4. Spinning
5. Confinement/isolation
6. Reduction of over-abundances
7. Asylums

Question 8

What treatments did moral/humanism use?

Answer 8

1. Tranquilizing chair
2. Cribbing
3. Wet packing
4. Asylums

Question 9

What treatments did 19th century: Era of biological hypothesis use?

Answer 9

1. Induced fever, coma, seizures
2. Psychosurgery, lobotomy

Question 10

What happened during WWII to influence treatments?

Answer 10

psychiatrists and neurologists fled to the US and UK where they developed new ideas like talk therapy and psychotherapy

Question 11

What was the biggest change in treatment in the 20th century?

Answer 11

Deinstitutionalization due to medicine becoming more common