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2000 BCE
Stone Age
Demonology, gods, and magic. Chinese, Greek, Egyptian, Hebrew. Possession by good or evil spirit.
Trepanation- chipping away an area of the skull with crude stone instruments to make a hole letting demons escape. -
1500
Middle Ages
Witch craft, exorcism, mixed beliefs/treatments. The Humantarian approaches- mental hospital care by the 20th century. Contemporary development- moral treatment. Community health Middle East- the first mental hospital was established in 992 A.D Europe- Super natural explanations. Exorcism- symbolic acts that are performed to drive out demons of a "possesed" person. Hippocrates (4100-377 BC)- Father of modern medicine. Institutional -Treat them as an out-patient.