What is Normal What is not Classifying Psychological Disorders DSMIV Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders the big book of disorders Two Major Classifications Early Theories ID: 711906
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Unit 12
Psychological
DisordersSlide2
What is Normal? What is not?Slide3
Classifying Psychological Disorders
DSM-IV:
Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: the big book of disorders.
Two Major Classifications
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Early Theories
Afflicted people were possessed by evil spirits.Slide5
Early Theories
Music or singing was often used to chase away spirits.
In some cases
trephening
was used:
Cutting a hole in the head of the afflicted to let out the evil spirit.Slide6
TrepheningSlide7
History of Mental Disorders
In the 1800’s, disturbed people were no longer thought of as madmen, but as mentally ill.
Did this mean better treatment?
They were first put in hospitals.Slide8
Early Mental Hospitals
They were nothing more than barbaric prisons.
The patients were chained and locked away.
Some hospitals even charged admission for the public to see the “crazies”, just like a zoo.