History of Mental Health Treatment

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What does the skull with two holes from ancient times indicate?

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The person underwent trephination, possibly to release evil spirits and cure mental dysfunction.

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What did prehistoric societies believe about events around them?

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They believed events resulted from actions of magical, sometimes sinister, beings who controlled the world.

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What were the four humors according to Hippocrates?

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Yellow bile, black bile, blood, and phlegm.

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What characteristics were associated with people having red blood?

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They are friendly, joke and laugh about their bodies, and have rose-tinted, slightly red, pretty skin.

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What characteristics were associated with people having yellow bile?

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They are bitter, short-tempered, daring, appear greenish, and have yellow skin.

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What characteristics were associated with people having black bile?

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They are lazy, fearful, sickly, have black hair and black eyes.

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What characteristics were associated with people having phlegm?

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They are low-spirited, forgetful, and have white hair.

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How did the Church view mental disorders during the Middle Ages?

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Mental disorders had demonic causes, and mass madness involved shared delusions and hallucinations.

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What treatment method was used by early cultures for mental disorders?

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Exorcism, which involved casting out evil spirits through prayer, magic, flogging, starvation, ingesting horrible tasting drinks, or noisemaking.

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What was the belief about the moon's influence during the 15th-17th centuries?

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There was a belief that the moon had an influence on our brain.