Imagine that it is 1885. A man complains of shattered nerves. He is lacking in energy and shows low mood. Physicians specializing in mental conditions
(alienists) would likely consider this person
a. a morally deficient individual.
b. as suffering from neurasthenia.
c. as suffering from hysteria.
d. as untreatable because the condition was biological.
Question 2
Which of the following is recognized as a major biomedical breakthrough in
psychopathology because it established the link between mental and physical illnesses?
a. the discovery of the cause and later a cure for general paresis (syphilitic insanity)
b. the discovery of penicillin as a cure for syphilis
c. the development of electroshock therapy for general paresis (syphilitic insanity)
d. the discovery that brain injuries could be associated with mental disorders
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CRAINAL NERVES
Three patterns of axonal regeneration in mammalian peripheral nerves.
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