MBI 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Electroconvulsive Therapy, Moral Treatment, Deinstitutionalisation
29 Nov 2016
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How do we care for the mentally ill: colonial america families or private caretakers. The moral treatment era: late 1700s and early 1800s. Move people from settings causing life stressors into rural, peaceful setting asylums. Dorthea dix was involved in founding 32 public mental hospitals in many states. The state hospitals: maximum capacities of hospitals were quickly reached. Staff turnover high: by 1940 the population in state mental institutions was nearly a half million. Deinstitutionalization 1955-1990s: propelled by economics, idealism, legal considerations and antipsychotic drugs, unintended consequences: homelessness and incarceration in prisons of mentally ill people. Community mental health centers: mental retardation facilities and community mental health centers act president john. F kennedy 1963: fully staffed centers providing comprehensive mental health services to local populations. Mental health care concerns in the us today: experiences of people with serious mental illness have improved since the 1960s, challenges remain: How to provide services to the homeless.
