HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Erving Goffman, Deinstitutionalisation, Simple Explanation
14 Dec 2017
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19th century growth of institutions and institution pop. (4 big ones in ontario) These institutions were important because they became the new way for mentally ill to be treated, some spent days, months, or entire lives, sometimes return visits. Where we get terms like the nut house . Huge number of people in a comparative state. Belief in isolation of hospitals, rigid scheduling, curative power of institutions: same logic was applied in prisons at that time, people were dislocated from their reason (unreasonable in some way and could not think straight) Other goals (no restraints, programming) failed due to lack of funding, personnel. 1960, half a million us citizens living in psyche facilities. Costly, jfk: the average amount expended on their care is only a day- too little to do much good for the individual, but too much if measured in terms of efficient use of our mental health dollars .
