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As you explored the history of the field of clinical psychology this week, you also learned more about the way individuals with psychological disorders were treated by society before formal treatment existed. Then you learned about how the field developed and some of the early aspects of diagnosis and treatment. You will discuss these beginnings of the field in this week's assignment.

Discuss a descriptive timeline, please discuss the evolution of clinical psychology from the time before the field formally began, to the shift toward more humane treatments, and up through the formal beginnings of the field. The information should be supported by scholarly sources and include examples.

Discuss the following aspects in your timeline

Begin by outlining (with discussion) the time before the shift toward more humane treatment, then progress to the shift toward more humane treatment, and finally to the early formal beginnings of the field. Discuss the following for each of the three time periods:

Conflicts

Historical trends

Early attempts at classifying psychological disorders, through the publication of the first version of the DSM (initial attempts at classifying mental illness overall, early classification of individual psychological conditions, and events that led to the publication of the first DSM).

Early "treatment" (informal attempts at treatment including how society treated those with mental disorders) through the shift toward more humane treatment and treatment during the early days of the field.