Treatment (11.17 Lecture) Flashcards
view of mental illness treatment: prehistoric times-middle ages
mental illness occurred in people who were possessed by demons. Treatment: prayer, flogging, drilling holes in the skull to “release” evil demons.
view of mental illness treatment: renaissance (middle ages-industrial revolution)
mental illness was the loss of capability to reason (people will illnesses would be sent to Saint Mary’s of Bethlehem and worsen their condition)
Philippe Pinel
thought mental illness was not evil (1800s, industrial revolution)
- was put in charge of Parisian hospital system
- wanted to remove the patients’ shackles and chains and give them a chance to exercise and get fresh air (French government grudgingly made changes and US followed)
Dorothea Dix
lobbied for better treatment of people with mental illness (1800s, industrial revolution)
- a retired school teacher, became a big advocate
- led to dramatic growth of state-supported institutions for psychological care
view of mental illness treatment: industrial revolution - early/ mid 20th century
mental illness is unconscious conflict between self (Freud) breakdown in brain
view of mental illness treatment: early/ mid 20th century - modern times
drug therapy (advertized to women for “housewives,” to feel less anxious
Egas Moniz
(early/ mid 20th century)
believed schizophrenia was an agitative loop in the brain (study that damaging PFC of moneys led to less symptoms) so he damaged the PFC of patients with schizophrenia. patients were calmer but no executive functions
- procedure took off, (freeman and Watts) “frontal lobotomy,” went through eye to improve the procedure (wasn’t open skull, “ice pick” lobotomy)
- spread worldwide, 1949 Moniz won nobel prize
- procedure was usually don’t without consent (inmates, etc.)
insight-oriented treatment
humans can heal with more self-awareness
psychodynamic approach
(insight-oriented treatment)
long-buried unconscious conflicts are uncovered and resolved
- originated from Freud , psychoanalytic approach (talking cure) –> psychodynamic
what does a healthy mind look like under a psychodynamic approach?
A trio of musicians playing in harmony together
what does an unhealthy mind look like under a psychodynamic approach?
discordant parts (id, ego, superego)
what are some psychodynamic techniques
- free-association: allow patient to relax and freely say what comes to mind (revealing)
- dream analysis: deep unconscious aspects of self
- resistance: ways patient is actively resisting therapy
- transference: whatever issues having in life, will bring into therapy and transfer onto the therapist
- interpretation: pull together clues
humanist approach
(insight-oriented treatment)
goal: what needs are not being met and how do we get rid of obstacles – Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
what does a healthy mind look like in a humanist approach?
plant wants to grow as long as their basic needs are met
what does an unhealthy mind look like in a humanist approach?
plant isn’t given what it needs to grow
Carl Rodgers and the humanist approach
client-centered therapy
*remember video with women in therapy
- the client isn’t considered a patient
- client needs to heal themselves
videoed all his sessions and did research
1. genuineness (needs to be authentic)
2. unconditional positive regard (like the client no matter what)
3. accurate empathic understanding (listening and understanding) … she said smth he said it back to her