Hippocrates played a major role in the way the causes and treatment of mental disorders were viewed. However, his greatest contribution to psychology was
A) being the father of psychoanalysis.
B) proving the value of leading a healthy life in preventing madness.
C) emphasizing the natural causes of mental illness.
D) separating the causes of madness into medical and magical causes.
E) his idea that psychological functioning resulted from disturbances of bodily fluids.

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Hippocrates is best known for emphasizing natural causes of mental illness, moving away from supernatural explanations and suggesting that mental disorders could be treated like any other disease.

Hippocrates Played a Major Role in the Way the Causes