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Exorcism
Religiously inspired treatment procedure designed to drive out evil spirits or forces from a possessed person.
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Moral management
Wide-ranging method of treatment that focuses on a patient’s social, individual, and occupational needs.
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Mental hygiene movement
Movement that advocated a method of treatment focused almost exclusively on the physical well being of hospitalized patients with mental disorders
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Deinstitionalization
Movement to close mental hospitals and treat people with severe mental disorders in the community
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Mesmerism
Theory of animal magnetism (Hypnosis) formulated by Anton Mesmer.
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Catharsis
Discharge of emotional tension associated with something, such as by talking about past traumas
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Unconscious
In psychoanalytic theory, a major portion of the mind, which consists of a hidden mass of instincts, impulses, and memories and is not easily Available to conscious awareness, yet plays an important role in behavior.
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Free association
Method for probing the unconscious by having patients talk freely about themselves, their feelings, and their motives
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Dream analysis
Method involving the recording, description, and interpretation
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Psychoanalytic perspective
Theory of psychopathology, initially developed by Freud, that emphasizes the inner dynamics of unconscious motives.
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Psychoanalysis
Methods Freud used to study and treat patients
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