Saturday, July 10, 2010

Witchcraft or Mental Illness?

Discussing a study of mental illness as it related to witchcraft throughout the ages, Dr. Beatriz Quintanilla. made a presentation at the 2010 American Psychiatric Association meeting . Dr Quintanilla was able to match the symptoms of people condemned as witches with associated neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as epilepsy and hysteria.

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