SOCI 385 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Managed Care, Non-Governmental Organization, Psychoactive Drug
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The movement was initially fueled by reformers in the mid 1800s wanting to improve services and treatments for the indigent insane. Others came from those seeking protection from incarceration and treatment against their will. The restriction of human rights had its stark expression in differences in power between the committed and those who committed them. The ex-patients and other advocates who fueled the modern movement (1970-1980) The reformist turn from antipsychiatry to consumerism (1980-1986) Forces that bolstered or challenged the movement (1978-1992) Madness was viewed as treatable in the us if completely taken over by a doctor. Insanity came to be regarded as untreatable, psychiatric institutions were transformed into efficient public custodial warehouses that held people often against their will. When institutions first opened, only a physicians authorization was needed for involuntary commitment. Or a family member backed by a doctor could commit a person. Some states required minimal evidence of insanity, except for married women.
