During the Middle Ages, Treatment for What We Now Know

question 4

Multiple Choice

During the Middle Ages, treatment for what we now know as psychological disorders in children sometimes included:

• A) Infanticide
• B) Imprisonment
• C) Publicly humiliated
• D) All of the above

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