HIST 249 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Philippe Pinel, Moral Treatment, Industrial Revolution
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Lecture 14 - madness, psychiatry and the lunatic asyl. There were private madhouses in 18th century britain and france. It was the rise of the industrial revolution and rise of accumulated wealth. Catered toward the mentally ill who belonged to wealthy families. Suffering from chronic depression or they were delusional. Families had the means to send a relative away to a private madhouse for a period of time. Profiting of the misery of other individuals. Families were getting rid of elderly to possibly take money and property. Group of individuals who want to abolish the private madhouses. System is open to the exploitation of the vulnerable. By 1800, a reaction against the rise of unregulated madhouses. Abuse and neglect of people in madhouses. There was an attempt to outlaw the use of manacles, chains, whips, etc. People who were interested in reforming were also involved in the abolition of slavery and reform of the penal system in western europe.
