Timeline of Psychological Disorders by .

Greco-Thought: Hippocrates 460-337 B.C.

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-06 17:50:12 UTC

Hippocrates was a Greek physician who argued that mental health disorders were parallel to physical disorders. He also said how disorders in the brain arose from head traumas or disease. One of his biggest beliefs were that mental health disorders occurred when fluids in the body were in a state of imbalance.

Greco-Thought: Plato 429-347 B.C.

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-06 17:53:17 UTC

Another important Greek physician and philosopher who had early opinions about psychological disorders was, Plato. Plato believed that people with mental health disorders were not to blame for their actions. He believed that the environment and and early development in life contributed to psychological disorders.

Rome-Thought: Asclepiades 124-40 B.C.

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-06 17:55:27 UTC

In Rome, Asclepiades was a Roman physician who rejected the ideas of Plato and Hippocrates. Instead, he practiced opposite-opposite, which introduced stimuli to balance mental health disorders.

The Middle Ages: 500-1500 A.D.

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-06 17:59:23 UTC

During the time of the Middle Ages, there was an increase of power in the Roman Catholic Church, and a decrease in power of the Roman Empire. Because of this power change, many people started to believe that the effects of psychological disorders were because of activities in the community, like the Bubonic Plague.

Establishment of Mental Asylums: 1773

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-07 01:10:57 UTC

During the time of the first mental asylums, their job was to promote different treatments. These treatments included blood letting and tranquilizing chairs. These asylums also changed the POV of those who suffer from mental illness, and caused them to get treated like monsters.

First adaptation of Anti-Depressants: 1950s

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-07 01:13:57 UTC

The first anti-depressant produced was iproniazid, which originally was created to treat tuberculosis. However, once passed by the FDA in 1958, iproniazid was found to be used as an antidepressant to treat mental illnesses like depression and personality disorders.

First findings of causes of Anxiety: 1939

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-07 01:16:36 UTC

A physician named Sigmund Freud, developed the idea of childhood anxiety. He believed that anxiety disorders stem from childhood experiences, like traumas. He also believed how unconscious conflicts have had a major effect on anxiety.

Introduction of Personality Disorders: 1952

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-07 01:20:20 UTC

During the time period of 1952, the DSM-I produced the idea of personality disorders. The DSM-I says that personality disorders stem from different traumas. A personality disorder can look like paranoia, narcissistic behavior, antisocial, and schizophrenic emotions.

Development of the criteria of PTSD: 1980s

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-07 01:22:34 UTC

PTSD is known as the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This stems from traumatic experiences that were prolonged, which makes someone constantly relive them day to day. PTSD was first noticed after the Vietnam War, and the Prisoners of War's emotions and traumatic flashbacks to war.

Increasing awareness to psychological disorders- Helplines, institutions, etc: 20th century to present

giannagiorgio — 2025-05-07 01:27:29 UTC

While these disorders are still mostly unknown, today there are a lot of ways people with mental health disorders can get help. For example, anxiety and depression disorders have hotlines and places to talk to people who make you feel safe. PTSD can be confided in with therapy, which wasn't around for those during the world wars. It is also proven that those who receive help will often still live a successful life.