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Early History of Clinical Psychology
Early History of Clinical Psychology
Early Views of Mental IllnessEarly Views of Mental Illness•Enlightened Approaches of Hippocrates and Galen
•Witchcraft
– Malleus maleficarum (1510)
•Written by two Dominican priests.
•Became a textbook of the inquisition.
•Lead to execution of 200–500 “witches,” 85% of whom were girls and women.
– Salem trials (1692)
•Lead to execution of 5 and imprisonment of 150 “witches.”
•Modern scholars suggest role-playing and/or ergot poisoning as explanations.
•Enlightened Approaches of Hippocrates and Galen
•Witchcraft
– Malleus maleficarum (1510)
•Written by two Dominican priests.
•Became a textbook of the inquisition.
•Lead to execution of 200–500 “witches,” 85% of whom were girls and women.
– Salem trials (1692)
•Lead to execution of 5 and imprisonment of 150 “witches.”
•Modern scholars suggest role-playing and/or ergot poisoning as explanations.
Tests and ConfessionsTests and Confessions
Early History of Clinical Psychology
Early Views of Mental Illness
Tests and Confessions
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An Early Enlightened ViewAn Early Enlightened View
Institutions and Cures Institutions and Cures
•St. Mary of Bethlehem Hospital in London— Bedlam (1547)
– Inmates were chained, whipped, beaten, and poorly-fed.
– Keepers earned their pay by displaying inmates to public.
•Cures
– ice water
– whirling
– purges, emetics
– bloodletting
•St. Mary of Bethlehem Hospital in London— Bedlam (1547)
– Inmates were chained, whipped, beaten, and poorly-fed.
– Keepers earned their pay by displaying inmates to public.
•Cures
– ice water
– whirling
– purges, emetics
– bloodletting
BedlamBedlam
An Early Enlightened View
Institutions and Cures
Bedlam
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ReformersReformers
Phillipe Pinel (1745–1826)Phillipe Pinel (1745–1826)
Professional ChronologyProfessional Chronology
• M.D. from University of Toulouse (1773).
• Moved to Paris where he treated the poor.
• Interest in insanity sparked by the death of a friend who had been exhibiting symptoms of manic-depression (1783).
• Influenced by Daquin, who believed insanity to be a disease that must be understood and treated by the methods of science.
• M.D. from University of Toulouse (1773).
• Moved to Paris where he treated the poor.
• Interest in insanity sparked by the death of a friend who had been exhibiting symptoms of manic-depression (1783).
• Influenced by Daquin, who believed insanity to be a disease that must be understood and treated by the methods of science.
Reformers
Phillipe Pinel (1745–1826)
Professional Chronology
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Professional Chronology (cont’d)Professional Chronology (cont’d)
• Appointed Director of the Bicêtre Asylum in Paris (1793), where he instituted a series of dramatic human reforms.
• Continued his reforms as Director of La Salpêtrière, the Parisian asylum for insane women (1795–1826).
• Appointed Director of the Bicêtre Asylum in Paris (1793), where he instituted a series of dramatic human reforms.
• Continued his reforms as Director of La Salpêtrière, the Parisian asylum for insane women (1795–1826).
La SalpêtrièreLa Salpêtrière
Victor—the “Wild Boy of Aveyron” (~1788–1828)
Victor—the “Wild Boy of Aveyron” (~1788–1828)
• Noble savage or incurable idiot?
• Pinel’s assistant, Itard, tried to rehabilitate Victor, but he was only partially successful.
• Noble savage or incurable idiot?
• Pinel’s assistant, Itard, tried to rehabilitate Victor, but he was only partially successful.
Professional Chronology (cont’d)
La Salpêtrière
Victor—the “Wild Boy of Aveyron” (~1788–1828)
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Other ReformersOther Reformers
•Johann Guggenbühl (1816–1863)
– Originated the idea of institutional care for the feebleminded.
– Treatment based on naturalistic therapy.
•William Tuke (1732–1822)
– Patients given freedom, respect and support, good food, recreation, exercise, medical treatment, religious instruction.
– Led to establishment of similar institutions in America.
•Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802–1887)
• Johann Guggenbühl (1816–1863)
– Originated the idea of institutional care for the feebleminded.
– Treatment based on naturalistic therapy.
•William Tuke (1732–1822)
– Patients given freedom, respect and support, good food, recreation, exercise, medical treatment, religious instruction.
– Led to establishment of similar institutions in America.
•Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802–1887)
U. S. InstitutionsU. S. Institutions
20th Century20th Century
• “In 1949, no state mental hospital set the minimum standards of operation set by the APA.”
• NIMH and Community Mental Health Center Act (1963).
• Deinstitutionalization policies of the 1970s
• “In 1949, no state mental hospital set the minimum standards of operation set by the APA.”
• NIMH and Community Mental Health Center Act (1963).
• Deinstitutionalization policies of the 1970s
Important Modern DevelopmentsImportant Modern Developments
• Lightner Witmer (1867–1956)—the founder of clinical psychology in the U.S.
• Radical Physical and Pharmacological Treatment
– psychosurgery
– coma and convulsive treatments
– psychoactive drugs
• Lightner Witmer (1867–1956)—the founder of clinical psychology in the U.S.
• Radical Physical and Pharmacological Treatment
– psychosurgery
– coma and convulsive treatments
– psychoactive drugs
Other Reformers
U. S. Institutions
Important Modern Developments
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Treating the InsaneTreating the InsanePhilippe PinelPhilippe Pinel
• “The gloomy and irritable character of maniacs, even when convalescent, is well known.”
• “The fanciful ideas of melancholics are much more easily and effectually diverted by moral remedies, and especially by active employment, than by the best prepared and applied medicaments.”
• “The amusement which he derived from this liberty [walking at all hours in a pleasant garden], exercise and familiar conversation, in which from time to time I engaged him, gradually induced a state of calmness.”
• “The gloomy and irritable character of maniacs, even when convalescent, is well known.”
• “The fanciful ideas of melancholics are much more easily and effectually diverted by moral remedies, and especially by active employment, than by the best prepared and applied medicaments.”
• “The amusement which he derived from this liberty [walking at all hours in a pleasant garden], exercise and familiar conversation, in which from time to time I engaged him, gradually induced a state of calmness.”
Pinel Unchaining the InmatesPinel Unchaining the Inmates
Lightner WitmerLightner Witmer
Treating the Insane
Pinel Unchaining the Inmates
Lightner Witmer
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Clinical PsychologyClinical PsychologyLightner WitmerLightner Witmer
• The investigation of the phenomena of mental development in school children...by means of statistical and clinical methods.
• A psychological clinic, supplemented by a training school, for the treatment of school children suffering from retardation or physical defects.
• The training of students for a new profession—that of psychological expert in connection with the school system.
• The investigation of the phenomena of mental development in school children...by means of statistical and clinical methods.
• A psychological clinic, supplemented by a training school, for the treatment of school children suffering from retardation or physical defects.
• The training of students for a new profession—that of psychological expert in connection with the school system.
Witmer’s JournalWitmer’s Journal
Clinical Psychology
Witmer’s Journal
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