Question

Marianne has begun to heat voices that aren’t really there. The town healer believes her mental illness is due to the recent lunar eclipse. What theory of mental illness does the healer have?
a.Supernatural
b.Somatogenic
c.Cathartic
d.Psychogenic

Answer 1

Answer:

supernatural

Explanation:

Supernatural theory attributes cause of psychiatric disorder to be some forces which are beyond the understanding of science and laws of nature. The proponents of this theory held the belief that mental illness is the reflection of metaphysical or supernatural forces. Until the development of the study of mental behavior and its related causes, these theories were prevalent in the traditional societies were local religious heads relate the mental disorder to the metaphysical or supernatural forces.