NUR 4150

Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness (ATI ch 1)  Historical Overview o Early beliefs centered on mental illness in terms of evil spirits or supernatural/magical powers that entered the body and taken over o Those who suffered from a mental illness were often beaten and starved and tortured  This was done to try and get rid of the evil spirits o Also used witchcraft on individuals; burned at the stake because they were thought to be witches o Hippocrates associated mental ill...