Though the mental health field began to reject the more "barbaric" treatments, they continued to resort to them when the hospitals became overcrowded. What did the article state was the reason these practices were allowed to be used at all?

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anonymous · Answer

a. People (outside the hospitals) were content and did not object to the treatments because "lunatics" were no longer visible to the public.
b. We used to be crueler than we are today.
c. The "barbaric" treatments worked.
d. Doctors in psychiatric hospitals were considered to be unfallable.

anonymous · Answer

no answer ?