People historically attributed mental illness to spirits and curses because they lacked scientific understanding of the brain, leading them to explain unexplainable behaviors as supernatural influences, demonic possession, or divine punishment for sins

Possession by spirits, curses, or supernatural forces

The 4 humors (blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile)

Karma from previous lives (reincarnation theory)

Before modern medicine, mental illness was often believed to be caused by what?

How many recorded lobotomies were performed in the United States?

When was the last lobotomy performed in the United States?

What is a trait considered a primary indicator of psychopathy

Drilling a hole in the skull to release spirits

Trephination, one of the earliest recorded “mental health treatments,” involved what procedure?

ECT remains a vital treatment because it effectively and rapidly resolves severe, treatment-resistant mental illnesses, like depression and mania, when medications and psychotherapy fail, and it can be lifesaving for those with psychosis or suicidal intent. 

True or False?  ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) is no longer used today.   

Which is the phenomenon where a person begins to sympathize with or defend their captor is called:

True or False? Early asylums sometimes let the public pay to come watch patients as entertainment

True or False? Brick walls around CAMH were built by patients. The labour was unpaid and considered part of their treatment.

Early horror films sometimes used actual psychiatric patients as extras to create “authentic” terror.

The American Psycatric Association classified homosexuality as a mental disorder until

Which phenomenon makes someone feel the world around them is fake/dreamlike?

A dark shadow figure sitting on their chest

What do many people report seeing during sleep paralysis?

The site at 999 Queen St. W was originally called the Provinivial Lunatic Asylum, back in 1850

Cocaine is a stimulant and were not prescribed for women

Nervous women were prescribed all of the following EXCEPT...

ECT was insiopired by experiments that caused seizures in pigs to "calm" them before slaughter

CAMH used to be called all of the following titles EXCEPT for...

Doctors used to inject patients with massive doses of ________ with the belief that it "reset" the brain

They would only spend DAYS in the coffin like box

In the 1800's patients were locked in coffin-like wooden boxed with slots for breathings. Some for weeks on end.

Which Study was intended to measure the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience

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