Lunatic Mental Illness

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“Lunatic’s”, thats what name has been given to those with Mental illnesses. In the 1840’s, people with illnesses were institutionalized. People of the public wouldn’t have to worry about running into “ lunatic’s’”. In the early 1900’s, therapists began to analyze the brain and body on why a person would behave in such an erratic way. Techniques that were used to analyze the mentally ill were insulin-induced comas, lobotomies, malarial infections, and electro shock therapies. Instead of strapping people to their beds, In 1940’s and 1950’s, lab technicians experimented with powders and pills that could help balance the brain by giving it a relief. Lobotomy was more common in the past; very rare nowadays. Today people with mental illnesses are

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