The first significant supporting evidence for a biological cause of a mental disorder was the nineteenth-century discovery that the psychotic disorder called general paresis was caused by the same bacterial microorganism that causes

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General paresis was found to be caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which is also responsible for syphilis. This discovery was significant in linking biological causes to mental disorders.

The First Significant Supporting Evidence for a Biological Cause of a Mental