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Medicine to prevent contraption - The pill wasn't invented until the mid-20th century, so women everywhere turned to sketchy devices including vaginal suppositories to block the cervix and acidic solutions, which some doctors believed could cause mental illness.

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Intemperance and business trouble - This possibly referred to work-related stress, or overworking, which could very well have exacerbated existing mental conditions.

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Jealousy - Though someone suffering from a mental illness might also have been jealous, the emotion itself certainly didn't cause it.

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Ill treatment by husband - Domestic violence could certainly trigger mental illness-related symptoms.

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Hysteria - This old-fashioned term was used to describe a mental disorder in which someone—usually women—expressed exaggerated emotions.

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Laziness - Today we know that fatigue is a possible side effect of mental illness, including depression, but back then doctors assumed it could be the cause.

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Marriage of son - This could be characterized today as the "empty nest syndrome," which describes the feeling of grief parents might feel when their children leave home for the first time.

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Imaginary female trouble - It was very easy to pass off everything that affected women as mental illness.

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Opium habit - Doctors believed excessive use of the drug lead to mental disorders.

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Overstudy of religion - Go easy on the Bible study group.

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Overtaxing mental powers - How overtaxed can one's mental powers be?

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Novel reading - Maybe 19th-century doctors believed reading too much could cause isolation and excessive imagination?

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Parents were cousins - This is rather logical, actually. As scientists were starting to delve into the consequences of consanguineous mating, they viewed it as a possible reason behind some mental disorders.

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Asthma - Thankfully, we now know that asthma has absolutely nothing to do with mental illness.

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Political excitement - Getting too involved in political matters was seen as a dangerous activity that could lead to mental illness.

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Tobacco and masturbation - How these two relate is beyond the scope of knowledge.

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Bad company - To be fair, toxic people can have a rather negative impact on those suffering from mental illness.

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Kicked in the head by a horse - Those 19th-century doctors were onto something with this one. There is some evidence suggesting that head injury increases the risk of developing mental disorders.

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Imprisonment - Similarly, contemporary researchers believe confinement can aggravate or even trigger symptoms associated with mental illness.

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Periodical fits - This was also often associated with women's behavior.

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Menstrual deranged - Female anatomy and bodily functions were highly misunderstood in the Victorian Era.

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Desertion of husband - It sounds extremely harsh to commit a woman to a mental institution for being left by her husband, but this could cause distress and even depression.

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Bad whiskey - Is it whiskey that has gone bad or too much whiskey that caused the illness?

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Bloody flux - Best known as dysentery, the inflammatory disease of the intestines was believed to be a factor leading to some mental illnesses.

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Loss of lawsuit - It's not hard to imagine people falling into emotional distress after losing in court, though it's unlikely it caused any mental illness.

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Excessive sexual abuse - Sexual abuse can and does have a host of short and long-term effects on a victim's mental health.

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Domestic trouble - The same logic applies to victims of domestic violence.

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Egotism - What 19th-century doctors described as egotism is likely what we associate today with personality disorders.

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Epileptic fits - We now know that epilepsy is not a mental illness. However, the challenges associated with the often-crippling neurological disorder can have negative effects on a patient's mental health.

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Domestic affliction - Issues at home were often associated with instability and mental disorders, especially relating to women.

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Quackery - It is unclear whether those committing the fraudulent practices were the ones being admitted or the victims of such scams.

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Fighting fire - Though firefighting has nothing to do with mental illness, a traumatic experience involving a fire could lead to mental disorders.

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Suppressed masturbation - Both overdoing it and suppressing it could cause mental disorders, according to 19th-century logic.

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Venereal excesses - It's not hard to see that 19th-century society had an issue with promiscuity.

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Hard study - Doctors possibly viewed excessive studying as a form of obsession, which could be a symptom of underlying mental health issues.

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Vicious vices - Much like promiscuity, vicious habits seen as immoral were often associated with mental disorders.

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Feebleness of intellect - Unfortunately, it was rather common to commit those with developmental disabilities.

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Seduction and disappointment - Seductresses were looked down upon, so it is unsurprising that women were institutionalized for it.

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Self-abuse - Whether this term was used to refer to those who self-harm or as a euphemism for masturbation is unclear.

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Suppression of menses -

Menstrual suppression was a symptom of systemic illnesses such as tuberculosis and cancer. However professionals of the time thought it was the cause behind those deadly diseases.

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Snuff eating for two years - They were precise in their diagnosis of how long was too long when it came to the use of the smokeless tobacco product.

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Salvation Army - This is anyone's guess. Maybe the patients were suffering from work-related stress, as the charitable organization required volunteers to relocate to other countries.

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Superstition - Doctors determined that being superstitious could lead to mental illness. Many see this as ironic today, considering 19th-century medicine often relied on superstitions for diagnoses.

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Spinal irritation - This may sound like back issues today but spinal irritation was a catchall term used to describe "nervous weakness," particularly associated with women.

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Greediness - Considering greed is listed as one of the deadly sins, it is unsurprising it was grounds for admission in the 19th century.

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Rumor of husband murder - Hearing about your significant other potentially being killed is reason enough to trigger symptoms associated with mental disorders.

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Dissipation of nerves - This is most likely yet another catchall term to describe unappetizing behavior associated with women.

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Female disease -

This could be a euphemism for all sorts of things, proving how easy it was to commit women to mental institutions.

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Time of life -

If you know what they mean by this, do share. Maybe old age?

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False confinement -

To be fair, being illegally confined is good reason to trigger an array of mental illnesses.

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