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Common mental diseases that could have been mistaken for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials?
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I am going to list symptoms alongside with Mental Disorders... "things" that could have been construed as Witchcraft. Epilepsy, Tic Disorders (such as Tourettes), Night Terrors (one report of the trials references a girl waking up screaming in the middle of the night), Autism, ADD or ADHD, Slight Mental Retardation, seizures, and more....
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