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