Discuss the History of How Mental Illness Has Been Treated

question 57

Essay

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

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Definitions:

Cilia

Microscopic hair-like structures on the surface of cells that move in a wave-like manner to transport substances.

Glands

Organs in the body that secrete hormones or other substances directly into the blood (endocrine) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine).

Epithelial

Relating to the thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body's surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.

Connective

A type of tissue in the body that supports, binds together, or separates other tissues and organs.