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Discuss the History of How Mental Illness Has Been Treated

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Discuss the history of how mental illness has been treated from the Stone Age, through the Middle Ages until Pinel's work in France, including the approaches used and which mental disorders that their "patients" were probably suffering from.


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Recurring

Happening repeatedly or periodically, often with a predictable pattern.

Behavior Control

Behavior Control refers to the methods and strategies used to influence or manage an individual's behavior, often through reinforcement, punishment, or environmental modifications.

Emotion Control

The process of managing and regulating one's emotions to adapt to circumstances and achieve more effective responses.

Compulsion

A psychological condition characterized by the urgent need to perform certain behaviors or rituals repetitively, often a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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