Jacob is a man who suffers from the symptoms of a mental illness in the late 1700s. Which of the following would likely happen to him?
a) He would be "burned at the stake," as he would be presumed to be a witch.
b) He would be subjected to an exorcism.
c) He would undergo a prefrontal lobotomy.
d) He would be confined to an asylum where various treatments, some barbaric, would be performed.
ANS: D, The use of asylums was widespread in the last 1700s, but they were far from humane. Many used barbaric treatments such as draining blood from the brain and electric shocks.
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