'Madness' and the supernatural
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The Process of Sending Someone to an Asylum and the Clash Between Psychiatric Evidence and Legal Systems in Determining Insanity
This chapter discusses the process of sending someone to an asylum for psychiatric help and the clash between psychiatric evidence and legal systems when insanity is raised as a mitigating plea in criminal court cases. It also explores the complexities in determining insanity related to beliefs in witches and questions the crossover between old beliefs and new science in terms of factors that could cause or increase insanity.
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