Why Was 1656 an Important Date in the History of Mental

question 13

Multiple Choice

Why was 1656 an important date in the history of mental illness according to Michel Foucault?

• A) It is the year that psycho-tropic drugs started becoming widely available in Europe.
• B) It is the year that the "hospital general" opened, marking the beginning of the great confinement of mentally ill people.
• C) It is the first year in which psychoanalysis was used to treat mentally ill people.
• D) It was the first year that psychotropic drugs were introduced to the new world.

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