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Hypnosis
Franz Mesmer' introduces his cure for some mental illness. We now know this type of treatment as Hypnosis. -
Frontal Lobe
Paul Broca gives us major advancements in the frontal lobe and connection to language. -
"Clinical Psychology"
The begining of clinic psychology was marked with the opening of the first clinic at University of Pennsylvania. -
"Psychoanalytic Thought"
Sigmund Freud's publication of Interpretation of Dreams launches the beginning of the school of psychoanalytic thought. -
Conditioning
Ivan Pavlov publishes his first studies in classic conditioning. -
Little Albert
Watson and Rayner published experiments about fear. These tests showed that fear could be conditioned. -
Anna Freud
Sigmund Freud's daughter published her work on the treatment of children, increasing her father's ideas. -
Electroshock
Electroshock was first reported to have been used on a human patient. -
DSM
The first DSM book was published which was the start of the classification of mental illness. -
New Mexico
New Mexico is the first state to allow psychologists to prescribe medication to their patients.