A popular treatment of people who were mentally ill in asylums during the first half of the 20th century was:
a. baths of different temperatures and types
b. psychotropic medication
c. individual psychotherapy
d. family therapy
A
People who were mentally ill during the first half of the 20th century were treated with baths of different temperatures and types. Hot baths were used for melancholy, and cold baths were used for mania.
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