Phillipe Pinel

Mental illness

a disorder that affects a person's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors

His Start of Humanity

- 1792 he became the chief physician at the Paris asylum for men, Bicêtre, and made his first bold reform by unchaining patients, many of whom had been restrained for 30 to 40 years. - He did the same for the female inmates of Salpêtrière when he became the director there in 1794 - In Nosographie philosophique "Philosophical Classification of Diseases" he distinguished various psycotic llneses and described, among other phenomena, hallucination, withdrawal, and a variety of other symptoms.

Childhood

- A french township - 1/7 kids - Mom and local school teacher taught him Originally was going into preisthood but then transferred his mindset

Acheivements

- classified levels of mental disorders and into incurable and curable too - introduced case notes

jobs

- supported himself for a number of years by translating scientific and medical works and by teaching mathematics. - he also began visiting privately confined mental patients and writing articles on his observations. -

acheivement

In Nosographie philosophique (1798; "Philosophical Classification of Diseases") he distinguished various psychoses and described, among other phenomena, hallucination, withdrawal, and a variety of other symptoms. pinel ordered that patients be unchained and treated with kindness in a peaceful atmosphere. Pinel did away with such treatments as bleeding, purging, and blistering and favoured a therapy that included close and friendly contact with the patient, discussion of personal difficulties, and a program of purposeful activities.

Un-humane conditions in mental institute

Patients were chained in unclean rooms with other people of a multitude of disorders. These patients were also treated without respect from the doctors and nurses. Often treated like aliens or monsters.

Phillpe Pinel (1745-1826)

The first doctor to view people with mental illness as sick people rather than criminals, beasts, or possessed individuals. In the asylums he was in charge of, Pinel ordered that patients be unchained and treated with kindness in a peaceful atmosphere. Pinel was also responsible for many innovations in the treatment and understanding of mental illness.