Describe how medical and social ideas about mental illness have evolved over time

Describe how medical and social ideas about mental illness have evolved over time

1. Describe how medical and social ideas about mental illness have evolved over time.

2. If you were the leader of a country, why would you want to ensure that your citizens had adequate health care? Which of the models covered in the textbook would you want for your country? Explain your answer. Please refer to the textbook The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care: A Critical Approach by Rose Weitz

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Social and medical ideas about mental illness have evolved since the understanding of human illnesses and disorders have changed with the advancement in science, medicine, psychology and chemistry. In ancient days, mental illness was often associated with beliefs that supernatural beings such as curses, vengeful gods, and sorcery or demon possession were the cause of the strange mental condition………………..

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