Psychotherapy And Therapeutic Treatment Timeline Paper
Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Treatment Timeline
Robin Webb
CJA/394
April 20, 2015
Robert Greenwood
Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Treatment Timeline
1900- Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams. Sigmund Freud, a neuroscientist, is also known as the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating mental illness and also a theory that explains human behavior. Psychoanalysis is used today as a method to treat mental disorders in patients by creating an environment of open dialogue (McLeod, 2007).
1938- Electroshock Convulsive Therapy (ECT) introduced by Lucio Bini and Ugo Cerlitti. ECT is a psychiatric treatment that causes seizures that are medically induced in patients. Most patients had some type of
mental disorder or schizophrenia the treatments are used to alleviate psychiatric illness that affects the patients. Before ECT psychoanalysis was the only form of treatment for patients with psychiatric problems. Four different types of therapies were developed to treat these patients as of today the only therapy that is still in use is ECT (Endler, 1988).
1952-The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association and provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders. DSM has been revised five times since the first publication, some mental disorders has been added while some removed from publication. The DSM was first published to create a classification for mental disorders (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).
1954 – Abraham Maslow helped to found Humanistic psychology and later developed his famous Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs because of his curiosity of what motivates individuals. Maslow (1943) stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on. Maslow created a five-stage model divided into basic needs (food, safety) and growth needs (self-actualization) (Saul, 2014).
1967-Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) developed by Aaron T. Beck. CBT is based on the idea of how people think which relates to cognitive, how people act which relates to behavior and how people feel, which relates to emotions. CBT emerged from behavioral therapy it focuses on changes the way a persons thinks about a problem and changing the way a person choose to deal with a problem (Anatomy of Cognitive Strategies).
Robin Webb
CJA/394
April 20, 2015
Robert Greenwood
Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Treatment Timeline
1900- Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams. Sigmund Freud, a neuroscientist, is also known as the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating mental illness and also a theory that explains human behavior. Psychoanalysis is used today as a method to treat mental disorders in patients by creating an environment of open dialogue (McLeod, 2007).
1938- Electroshock Convulsive Therapy (ECT) introduced by Lucio Bini and Ugo Cerlitti. ECT is a psychiatric treatment that causes seizures that are medically induced in patients. Most patients had some type of
mental disorder or schizophrenia the treatments are used to alleviate psychiatric illness that affects the patients. Before ECT psychoanalysis was the only form of treatment for patients with psychiatric problems. Four different types of therapies were developed to treat these patients as of today the only therapy that is still in use is ECT (Endler, 1988).
1952-The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association and provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders. DSM has been revised five times since the first publication, some mental disorders has been added while some removed from publication. The DSM was first published to create a classification for mental disorders (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).
1954 – Abraham Maslow helped to found Humanistic psychology and later developed his famous Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs because of his curiosity of what motivates individuals. Maslow (1943) stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on. Maslow created a five-stage model divided into basic needs (food, safety) and growth needs (self-actualization) (Saul, 2014).
1967-Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) developed by Aaron T. Beck. CBT is based on the idea of how people think which relates to cognitive, how people act which relates to behavior and how people feel, which relates to emotions. CBT emerged from behavioral therapy it focuses on changes the way a persons thinks about a problem and changing the way a person choose to deal with a problem (Anatomy of Cognitive Strategies).