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Hippocrates recorded descriptions of abnormal states as Melancholia, Mania(hysteria and Phrentis(Brain Fever)
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illnesses that referred to as melancholia, epilepsy, mania and hysteria, Monks and priests kept records of characteristic of various devils that possessed the weak or impious.
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St. Mary of Bethlehem was established as an asylum or madhouse.
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Plater described the devil as the source of all mental illness.
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Influential in the development of the concept of mental functions,
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Established the first experimental psychology laboratory and developed experimental methodology
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Dr. William Healy pioneered the study of repeat juvenile delinquents.
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Book was written which advocated a modified psychoanalytic approach to the instruction of emotional disturbed children
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The council of exceptional children with behavioral disorders was formed
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Law with mandated services for children with disabilities.
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Law was amended to included provisions to preschool children.
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Was amended to mandate greater attention to successful outcomes for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders.
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IDEA was passed and was important for persons with emotional and behavioral disorders because it specified conditions for removing them from public school for disciplinary reasons without denying them access to alternate educational opportunities.
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This was to improve the level of instruction in schools.