Describe the ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman theories of abnormal behavior.
What will be an ideal response?
Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
? Concept of "wandering uterus"-the uterus dislodged and wandered throughout a woman's body, interfering with her other organs, causing hysteria
? Greeks and Romans saw madness as an affliction from the gods, but Greek physicians rejected supernatural explanations
? Hippocrates-phobias, imbalance of four basic bodily humors-blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile, classification of abnormal behavior into epilepsy, mania, melancholia, and brain fever
? Plato-some forms of madness were divine, madness related to impulse, passion, or appetite
? Treatments-bleeding patients, rest, relaxation, change of climate, change of diet
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What will be an ideal response?
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