The History of Abnormal Psychology

By igroswell
  • 8700 BCE

    Stone Age

    People would be presumed to be possessed or under the influence of magic.
  • 500

    Middle Ages

    Witchcraft was thought to be involved when the mentally ill would act abnormally. Exorcisms were also performed to try and rid demons from people's bodies.

  • Humanitarian Times

    Asylums were created in order to treat the mentally ill when people decided they wanted to help treat them.

  • Contemporary Times

    The mentally ill were treated better once deinstitutionalized and with community health than they were in asylums.

  • Present Times

    Mentally ill people are treated better in today's times, with advances in psychological treatment and diagnostics. More doctors are readily available to help treat and check in with patients.