people Flashcards
hippocrates
humor theory. cheerfullness: blood, ill temper: yellow bile, gloom: black bile. listlessness: phlem. emphasized natural causes. first defined hysteria
plato
generally aggreed with hippocrates, more emphasis on sociocultural influences on thought and behavior
galen
mentally ill people are not responsible for their crimes
avicenna
environmental and psychological factors, humane treatment. early behavior therapy in the arab world
paracelsus
alchemist and physicial in middle age europe. he disagreed with the humor theory, said that the breath of life is affected by stars and body vapor. said vitus’s dance is a disease. focused on natural and physical treatment.
weyer
follower of paracelsus
the moors
brought arab influence to spain and led to the first mental hospital in north america by spain
st. teresa of avila
people were sick not posessed
st. vincent de paiul
society is responsible to find mental health relief
p. pinel
moral therapy founder, started to systematically classify mental disorders. humane treatment for physical treatment. advocated for removing restrains, sunlight, and food. directed french asylum
b. rush
brought moral therapy to north america
b.a. morel
degeneration theroy, deviations from normal functioning are transmitted by hereditary processes (one year before darwin; deviations get better throughout generations)
lombroso
stated that criminality could be inherited and could be identified by shape of skull (phrenology)
emil kraepelin
coined mania-depression. published clinical psychiatry and attempted to classify mental illnesses, different disorders have different features and ages of onset. not interested in treatment because mental illness was thought of as biological
richard von krafft-ebing
general paresis of the insane (GPI) is the result of infection (now known as neurosyphillis). now known to be due to untreated infections by syphilis spirochete
sakel
insulin induced comas were used to treat morphine addiction and schizophrenia. caused convulsions
ugo certelli
introduced electroconvulsive therapy as a treatment of schizophrenia.
ewen cameron
brainwashing and LSD studies in 1950s and 60s
sylvan tbh
loewi
discovered first neurotransmitter (acetylcholine)
anton mesmer
psychoanalyst. predecessor of hypnotism, stated that hysteria was the result of a distrubed distribution of the magnetic fluid in the body (big magnet in the body)
jean charcot
hypnotism might have value in treatment with hysteria. some success
josef breuer
inspired by jean charcot. believed in cathartic method (talking freely about unpleasant past experiences). to relive is to exhaust emotional response
sigmund freud
colleagues of josef breuer. developed psychoanalysis. did not like hypnosis. levels of consciousness, psychosexual stages of development, structures of personality (id ego superego) defense mechanisms.
john b watson
published psychology as the behaviorist views it. believed that you should only look at things that could be measured. did little albert experiment