Please answer all questions with approximately 1-2 single spaced page each. Please make sure to reference and cite readings (including my books), assignments, outside sources, lectures and discussions. Feel free to quote extensively from sources (make sure to cite in APA style).
Describe the Hippocratic/Galenic theory of the four humors as related to madness. How was it different than the “spiritualist” theories that abounded at the time? What treatments did it recommend? Do you think there are still vestiges of it today in modern medicine? Give Examples.
Why is Pinel considered the founder of “scientific” psychiatry? Is this a fair representation? Why or Why not? What were his lasting contributions? How was his French psychiatry different than the German one that arose in the 19th century?
According to Freud what is the cause of neurotic symptoms (like hysteria, obsession, phobia)? Give an example. How does this relate to the unconscious (or id)? What are some of the different ways Freud offers to treat such symptoms? What are some of the problems with Freud’s model? What does it mean to say it is “pseudoscientific”? Do you agree/disagree with these criticisms?
(requirements: when giving example, don’t give examples that are too native bacause i’m a foregner. Better not to provide personal example please. Also,
