How Ancient Societies Viewed Mental Illness and the Horrific Treatments of That Time
Mental disorder these days was usually considered supernatural phenomenon in ancient times. Individuals typically believed that sorcery, satanic forces, or gods were penalizing an individual for their sin, discusses Andrew Scull, among the world's primary scholars of the history of insanity.Doing not have a much better understanding of its causes, mental disorder-- from melancholy to homicidal rages-- was blamed on gods and satanic forces. There is no historic corroboration to comprehend this, yet there are stories that show the conflation of insanity with supernatural intervention that prevailed. Take the familiar story of the Greek hero Heracles (likewise called Hercules). The goddess Hera, the spouse of Zeus, disliked Heracles due to the fact that he was the child of Zeus by another (hu...