Which of the following statements exemplifies the beliefs of French physician Philippe Pinel?
A. Mental illness was due to possession by demons, and exorcism was the only useful treatment.
B. Mentally ill patients needed to choose rationality over insanity, so treatment was aimed at making their lives as patients uncomfortable.
C. Mental patients were ill and needed to be treated as such-with kindness and caring.
D. Mental illness was purely a physiological phenomenon and could only be treated by physical means such as bloodletting.
Answer: C
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