Hester is a woman living in the 1500s, and she has started displaying the symptoms of a mental illness. Which of the following would be the most likely reaction she would get from those in her community?
a) They would assume she is a witch who is possessed by evil spirits.
b) They would assume that there was an organic problem in her body causing the symptoms.
c) They would assume that she was suffering from a deeply rooted unconscious issue that was manifesting as her symptoms.
d) They would assume that she should be locked away in an asylum indefinitely.
ANS: A, This period was dominated by a demonological mentality that associated mental illness with evil spirits and witches.
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