In the late 1800s, there was an emphasis on biological causes of mental disorders, which ironically reduced interest in treatments for mental patients.Why did this happen?

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The emphasis on biological causes of mental disorders led to the belief that mental illness due to brain pathology was incurable, which reduced interest in finding treatments for mental patients. This approach to mental illness focused on physical causes rather than psychological or environmental causes, and therefore did not consider treatments that could address these other factors.

In the Late 1800s, There Was an Emphasis on Biological