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:

Net Method

An accounting method where sales and purchases are recorded at their net amounts after deducting any discounts, rather than recording the gross amount and then the discount separately.

Invoice Price

The original price listed by the manufacturer or a supplier on the invoice, before any discounts.