AB Psych Reviewer: Key Concepts and Contributors in Abnormal Psychology

AB PSYCH REVIEWER

o Early Contributors in Abnormal Psychology John P. Grey

• Psychiatrist who believed mental illness has physical/biological causes.

• Promoted humane treatment for patients in hospitals.

• Emphasized medical approaches to mental disorders.

Dorothea Dix

• Social reformer who advocated for better treatment of mentally ill patients.

• Helped establish mental hospitals in the U.S. and Europe.

• Fought against the abuse and neglect of the mentally ill.