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From Ativan to Acupuncture: Mental Health Alternatives

While skull-chipping, asylum freak shows, and lobotomies are now shadows of the past, the contemporary emphasis is on medication.

The subject of mental health sparks a plethora of emotions and arguments among advocates, patients, family members, and providers. The history of mental health treatment itself is a controversial one, dating back to ancient times when early humans would chip into afflicted individuals’ skulls using crude stone instruments, in order to release evil spirits.

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