Well, there are some answers we could quickly dispense with.

下面介绍了几种便捷的方法
It used to be thought that severe mental illness

过去认为严重的精神问题
was a result of demonic possession.

是鬼上身的结果
If you read the Gospels, Jesus Christ wandered around a lot,

圣经中描述了耶稣四处游荡
met crazy people and exorcised the demons from their bodies.

将恶魔从疯癫的人的身体中驱赶走
It was a common way of thinking about craziness.

这是关于疯癫的一种普遍的说法
We now believe that this is not true. What about--yeah, it's not true.

现在我们知道这种想法是错误的
What about social deviants?

再来谈谈那些社会不被认同的群体
Some people including the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz claim

包括托马斯·沙茨在内的一些精神病医师
that when we label somebody as mentally ill this is not a medical decision.

只是从医学上判断精神病是不正确的
It's rather a social decision designed

这应该是一个社会性的判断
to ostracize people who deviate from society's norms,

来使一些和主流价值观不相同的人