University:
West Coast University
Course:
NURS 110 | Introduction to Professional Nursing
Academic year:

2022
Views:

425

Pages:

2
Author:

Jamari Mcgrath

Chapter 2 Historical Issues Epidemiology! -25% of American adults over 17 meet the criteria for a mental disorder during any 12-month period, w 18% having a diagnosable mental illness at an given time -Major mental disorders that cause disability include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder abuse -One half of all mental disorders begin in the teen years Benchmarks!in!psychiatric!history -In the 18th century, mentally ill people were confined & often chained; thought to be immune to norma biological stressors; often placed on display for the amusement of their caretaker and paying the public -Preenlightenment period: ~1790s >Assistance, banishment, confinement -2 meanings of the word asylum: 1. Protection, social support, or sanctuary from the stresses of life 2. Mistreatment & neglect -Proponents: >Tuke: ensured moral treatment >Pinel: unchained & clothed the patients, providing food & abolishing abuse -Personified by Freud -Mental illness needed not be suffered but might be alleviated -Freud: described human behavior in psychological terms -Kraepelin: classified mental disorders -Bleuler: coined the term schizophrenia & added understanding to the treatment of the illness -Began around the 1950s with the discovery of psychotropic drugs >chlorpromazine: antipsychotic drugs >lithium: antimanic, mood stabilizer >imipramine: antidepressant