History of Abnormal Psychology

  • 300 BCE

    Stone age

    Demonology, gods and magic
    Chinese, greek, egyptian and hebrew
    Possesion by good or evil spirits
    Primary type of treatment: Exorcism
  • 500

    Middle Age

    Witchcraft, Exorcism, mixed beliefs/Treatments, Asylums, community Health/ Deinstitutionalization, Trepanation, First mental hospital est. in 792 AD in Bagdad