ill from society rather than cure them or maintain their health. Pictures from this era frequently portray patients bound with rope or chains, often to beds or walls, or restrained in straitjackets.

Medicine

Insanity is no longer considered a medical diagnosis but is a legal term in the United States, stemming from its original use in common law. The disorders formerly encompassed by the term covered a wide range of mental disorders

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