In the late 1800s, the emphasis on a biological cause of mental disorder resulted ironically in reduced interest in treatments for mental patients because it was thought that
A) physicians should devote more time to the physically ill.
B) patients would improve more rapidly if they were not hospitalized.
C) the hospital staff was not adequately trained to administer new treatments.
D) mental illness was due to an undiscovered brain pathology and was incurable.

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The emphasis on a biological cause of mental disorder in the late 1800s led to the belief that mental illness was due to an undiscovered brain pathology and therefore incurable. This resulted in reduced interest in treatments for mental patients, as it was thought that nothing could be done to cure them.

In the Late 1800s, the Emphasis on a Biological Cause