Angela Harper
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The State of Mental Illness in America
In 1840, activist Dorthea Dix was compelled in her fight to improve the quality of life and living conditions of those with mental illness. After lobbying for more than 40 years, Dix successfully persuaded the U.S. government to fund the building of 32 state psychiatric hospitals. Hence the institutional inpatient care model was born, a laudable change indeed. By the mid-1960s, community-based mental health care became largely a global movement due to the decline in the living conditions in over-crowded and underfunded state hospitals and asylums, also a laudable change.
By Angela Harper6 years ago in Psyche
The State of Mental Illness in America
The hard truth is that mental illness occurrences are significantly higher than what is reported by research studies. The Surgeon General expresses that very few people in a population are untouched by mental illness either directly or indirectly in their lifetime. More importantly, mental illness is often the underlying cause of many other healthcare-related events.
By Angela Harper6 years ago in Psyche
The State of Mental Health in America
The history of mental illness in the United States illustrates how our understanding of mental illness and trends in treating mental health influence both our attitude toward mentally illness and national policy policy governing mental healthcare.
By Angela Harper6 years ago in Psyche
