Public and Private Institutions for Confining and Imprisoning the Mentally

question 132

Multiple Choice

Public and private institutions for confining and imprisoning the mentally ill were first established in ________.

• A) the Middle Ages
• B) the nineteenth century
• C) ancient times
• D) the Renaissance

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