According to ________, mental disorders have their origin primarily in the blood vessels of the brain. In his
Opinion, disturbances of circulation were involved in all disease and mental disorders were no exception. He
Argued for humane treatment of people with mental illnesses.

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Benjamin Rush believed that mental disorders were caused by disturbances of circulation in the blood vessels of the brain, and he advocated for humane treatment of those with mental illnesses. Descartes and Spinoza were philosophers and not known for their work on mental disorders, and Chiarugi focused on the development of moral treatment for mental illnesses rather than a physiological explanation for their origin.

According to ________, Mental Disorders Have Their Origin Primarily in the Blood