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Jan 1, 1247
St. Mary of Bethlehem
St. Mary of Bethlehem in London, a poor house, was created. It would later house mentally disturbed people in an inhumane fashion and gave us the term 'bedlam'. -
Jan 1, 1563
De Praestigiis Daemonum
Jahann Weyer wrote the De Praestigiis Daemonum in which he described how demons weren't the sole cause of abnormal states of mind and that biology and drugs were also to blame. -
Pinel
Philippe Pinel begins his mental healthcare overhaul by releasing the first patients in a drive to get such peoples more humane treatment. -
Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix began a PR campaign to introduce to the public what was transpiring against the mentally ill. -
Compendium der Psychiatrie
Emil Kraepelin published Compendium der Psychiatrie in which he argued that psychology was actually a branch of medicine. Emil's other works helped bring about a classification of mental disorders that is the basis upon which our's rests today. -
Lab of Psych
First laboratory of psychology in America is established at John Hopkins University. -
APA
American Psychological Association was founded -
Electroshock therapy
Electroshock therapy was first used on humans. -
Code of Ethics
The American Psychological Association devolops a code of ethics for psychologists. -
'Discovery' of Bipolar Disorder
Aretaeus discovered manic and depressive episodes could occur in the same person with periods of time between them, i.e., Bipolar Disorder