How did people in the Middle Age view mental illness?

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. a) How did people in the Middle Age view mental illness? (3 marks)

b) Discuss three (3) methods that were used to treat the mentally challenged? (3 marks)
c) Briefly discuss some methods that are being used in Jamaica today to make the
life of the mentally ill more humane.

The prevailing views of early recorded history posited that mental illness was the product of supernatural forces and demonic possession, and this often led to primitive treatment practices such as trepanning in an effort to release the offending spirit.