FMSC 383 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Structural Violence, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Symbolic Power
19 Apr 2018
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1792 - dr. phillipe pinel (chief physician at hospital for the mentally ill sees how poorly patients are being treated) Post wwii era then expected: mental health hospitals are seen as cruel, psychotropic medication, like thorazine, did not help cure mental illness instantly. New frontier = medication: saw them as (cid:498)penicillin for the mind(cid:499) John f kennedy initiative we need to look at how we can improve them*: started because his sister had lobotomy and suffered from mental illness. President"s (cid:523)bush(cid:524) new freedom commission on mental (ealth. Samhsa, and the mentally ill offender crime reduction act of 2004: pledged to send more money, but with this you have to take it from another place (medicaid, nih, If we can help increase mental health coverage, we can help more people get help. ***almost of the population will be diagnosed*** Mental illness is a condition that affects a person"s thinking, mood, and behavior.
