Discuss the History of How Mental Illness Has Been Treated

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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, including the approaches used and which mental disorders that their "patients" were probably suffering from.

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Definitions:

Interest Income

Earnings received from various types of investments like savings accounts, CDs, and bonds.

Acctrecv.

Short for "accounts receivable," this term denotes money owed to a company by its customers for goods or services delivered but not yet paid for.

Mortgage

A loan secured by the collateral of specified real estate property that the borrower is obliged to pay back with a predetermined set of payments.

Holding Periods

The length of time an investment is held before being sold, affecting the tax treatment of any gains or losses.