History of Psychopathology

Question 1

Sometimes called the father of modern medicine and separated medicine out from religion, magic and superstition.

Answer 1

Hippocrates (460-377 BC)

Question 2

Lunacy comes from a theory by this Swiss physician who attributed odd behavior to the misalignment of the moon and stars.

Answer 2

Paracelsus (1493-1541)

Question 3

Considered the father of American psychiatry, he believed that disorders were caused by excess blood in the brain. Also believed that psychological ailments could be cured by frightening people.

Answer 3

Benjamin Rush (1745-1813)

Question 4

Believed in more humane treatment of psychiatry patients. Should be approached with compassion. Although his former asylum patient, Jean-Baptiste Pussin, should get credit for unshackling the patients. However, his compassion was reserved for the wealthy while the poor languished in horrible oppression.

Answer 4

Philippe Pinel (1745-1826)

Question 5

Crusader for better conditions in the US asylums. She was a school teacher and taught Sunday school in the asylums.

Answer 5

Dorothy Dix (1802-1887)

Question 6

Considered the last great classical age physician; beginning with his death, the so called dark ages of medicine and treatment began.

Answer 6

Galen (AD 130-200)