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| − | + | '''Mental illness''' is a broad concept covering all sorts of diseases, disorders, and disturbances in the human mind (see [[psychology]] and [[psychiatry]]). | |
| + | From the [[Middle Ages]] onward, people have been frightened or dismayed by the "crazy" behavior or speech of others. The idea of locking up mentally disordered people or placing them in [[asylum]]s goes back hundreds of years and has often been mentioned in literature. In Shakespeare's play, [[Hamlet]] appeared to be mentally ill; [[Ophelia]] became mentally ill and killed herself. | ||
===== RELIGION IS A DISEASE. DON'T LET IT SPREAD. ===== | ===== RELIGION IS A DISEASE. DON'T LET IT SPREAD. ===== | ||
Revision as of 23:44, May 8, 2009
Mental illness is a broad concept covering all sorts of diseases, disorders, and disturbances in the human mind (see psychology and psychiatry).
From the Middle Ages onward, people have been frightened or dismayed by the "crazy" behavior or speech of others. The idea of locking up mentally disordered people or placing them in asylums goes back hundreds of years and has often been mentioned in literature. In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet appeared to be mentally ill; Ophelia became mentally ill and killed herself.