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Mental Illness

Mental Illness

Anything to do with mental illnesses/disorders

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Posted byDanin/mental_illness-Sep 07, 2016 at 4:04 PM

How Mental Illness Was Treated Throughout History

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How Mental Illness Was Treated Throughout History

While modern society is still learning how to properly treat people with mental illnesses, we've come a long way from medieval skull drilling and exorcisms. Explore some of the archaic treatments for mental illnesses throughout the ages. Methods included hydrotherapy (as in making someone sit in a tub for days), insulin-comas, and inducing bleeding or vomiting.

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  • misbegottenSep 07, 2016 at 4:23 PM

    Our history defines us.

    Here's a picturesque wander through New York's psychiatric wards.

Mental Illness

Mental Illness

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