According to Violence and mental health people with mental conditions are more dangerous to themselves than others. Mental illness dates go back to the late eleven hundred B.C. Prior to modern medicine this disorder was believed to be caused by evil forces and “cures” were brutal. “Therapies” used to treat these disorders included beatings, burnings, castration, blood transfusions, and exorcisms. Trephination was also another method this consisted of drilling a hole into the skull. These treatments were believed to have been done to release evil spirits thought to cause these illnesses. Brutal treatments were not replaced until the late eighteen
According to Violence and mental health people with mental conditions are more dangerous to themselves than others. Mental illness dates go back to the late eleven hundred B.C. Prior to modern medicine this disorder was believed to be caused by evil forces and “cures” were brutal. “Therapies” used to treat these disorders included beatings, burnings, castration, blood transfusions, and exorcisms. Trephination was also another method this consisted of drilling a hole into the skull. These treatments were believed to have been done to release evil spirits thought to cause these illnesses. Brutal treatments were not replaced until the late eighteen