Why Was 1656 an Important Date in the History of Mental

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why was 1656 an important date in the history of mental illness,according to Michel Foucault?

• A)It is the year that psychotropic drugs became widely available in Europe.
• B)It is the year that the "hospital general" opened,marking the beginning of the great confinement of mentally ill people.
• C)It is the first year in which psychoanalysis was used to treat mentally ill people.
• D)It is the year that psychotropic drugs were introduced to the New World.

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