How has religion influenced views of mental illness in society?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Across times and cultures, religion taught that psychological abnormalities must have been caused by the devil or other forms of curse. It was also seen as God’s payback for an individual’s inappropriate violence, shameful desires, dishonesty, or perversity.
Learning Objective: 3: Apply the key principles of the clinical domain to individual behavior.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Stigma of Mental Illness
Difficulty Level: Medium

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