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Psychology
History of Mental Illness. Chapter 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| During prehistoric times, mental illness was thought to stem from magical... | ...beings, the devil, and evil spirits that interfered with the mind. |
| Trephination | The practice of drilling a hole through part of the skull without damaging the brain. |
| 3 Types of early treatment were using... | ...opium to induce visions, performing rituals or delivering prayers to specific gods and sleep therapy to interpret dreams to discover the source of the illness. |
| Lunatics | How society referred to those suffering from a mental illness. |
| One penny | Cost of peering into cells to view "freaks" to laugh at their antics |
| Bloodletting | Practice cutting the patient and draining the bad blood from the individual. |
| Trans-Orbital Lobotomy | Developed by Walter J. Freeman. (AKA "Psychic mercy killing") |
| Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT) | Shock therapy used in mental hospitals to calm unruly patients |
| Thorazine | A powerful anti-psychotic that controlled mental outbursts. This drug helped reduce the populations in the asylums. |
| Tardive Dyskinesia | Patients suffer from slow uncontrollable rhythmic movements with rapid twitching of the lips and mouth |
| Anti-Anxiety Medication | Decrease the activity of the nervous system |
| Anti-Depressant Medication | Increase norepinephrine and serotonin. And physical symptoms of Depression |
| Anti-Psychotic Medication | Poor balance and coordination. And uncontrollable trimmers |