history of mental illness Flashcards
define cultural relativist
idea that cultural norms and values can only be understood in their own terms/context
define etiology
- description of all factors that lead to development of disorder or illness
what are the three theories of etiology of mental illness? define them
- supernatural (origins beyond the visible observable universe - possession)
- somatogenic (physical/bodily origins - illness, genes, brain damage)
- psychogenic (psychological origins - trauma)
what is trephination and why was it used? when can it be dated back to?
- drilling hole in the skull in order to cure mental disorders
- dated back to as early as 6500 BC
- treat epilepsy and allows for evil spirits to leave out the head
what type of origins is meant when using the word maladaptive
psychological
What did Chinese medicine around 2700 BC discover about mental and physical illness
- positive and negative bodily forces (yin and yang) attribute mental illness to an inbalance between the forces
Who said women suffering from mental illness was caused by a wandering uterus? what was it later named?
- Mesopotamian and Egyptian papyri (papers) from 1900 BC
- later named hysteria by the greeks
define hysteria. how was it treated?
- idea that a woman’s uterus would wander around her body and affect her other organ (literally what the fuck lmao)
- treated by strong smells to lure the uterus back in place
How did Hebrews see madness? treatment?
- seen as punishment from god
- treated by confessions and repenting
What cause of mental illness did Greek physicians reject
supernatural explanations
What did Hippocrates attempt to separate in 400 BC? What belief did he systemize instead?
- Superstition and religion from medicine
- excess of one of the four main bodily fluids were the cause of mental and physical illness
what are the four main bodily fluids
- blood
- yellow bile
- black bile
- phlegm
What were the four main categories of mental illness according to Hippocrates
- epilepsy
- mania
- melancholia
- brain fever
What was Humorism and when was it popular until?
- belief that excess in a bodily fluid impacts health and temperament
- popular until the 19th century
define animistsic soul
- belief that everything/everyone had a soul
- mental illness is due to animistic causes