The final important root of organized scientific psychology lies in medicine, and in the study of disordered minds. Thus connecting psychology with psychiatry and neurology. Previously in history, people with mental disorders were treated very poorly, they were dealt with by being locked away or abused like animals. Eventually, psychiatrists made a place that people with mental disorders could go to in order to be treated, called insane asylums. It seemed as though these asylums were there to help people with mental disorders stay out of the prison system where they were confused and mistreated. However, as we have learned through history, they ended up creating more harm than good, leading to mistreatment and excessive drug prescriptions
