What Hypothesis Has the Fact That Nothing That Resembles Our

question 51

Multiple Choice

What hypothesis has the fact that nothing that resembles our current image of schizophrenia exists in historic records or ancient literature given rise to?

• A)Schizophrenia is a recent phenomenon and, like AIDS, may involve some newly introduced virus.
• B)Schizophrenia is a social and cultural construct.
• C)There may have been effective treatments for the symptoms of schizophrenia in some ancient societies.
• D)Schizophrenia was frequently confused with bipolar illness.

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