Mental health
Title:
Mental health
Author:
Ruggiero, Adriane.
ISBN:
9780737738445
Publication Information:
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008.
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Editor Adriane Ruggiero shares the fears of the mentally ill through narrative essays by various people during different times throughout history. This collection of essays shows how mental hospitals came to be, what treatments were once accepted, and where mental health treatment is today. Readers examine the mind of the patient and the view of a caregiver. From the Colonial period to recent times, essays discuss different treatments, information on mental diseases, and court cases involved.
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. 11 |
Introduction | p. 14 |
Chapter 1 Mental Health in Early American History | |
Chapter Preface | p. 24 |
1 Mental Disease in the Colonial Period: An Economic and Social Problem | p. 27 |
2 Early American Speculations About the "Distracted" | p. 35 |
3 The Medical Treatment of Mental Illness: The Work of Benjamin Rush | p. 42 |
4 Dorothea Dix Advocates for the Humane Treatment of the Mentally Ill | p. 51 |
5 A President Rejects a Reformer's Plea | p. 57 |
Chapter 2 The Era of Mental Institutions | |
Chapter Preface | p. 65 |
1 Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill: The Pennsylvania Hospital Is Founded | p. 67 |
2 Thomas Kirkbride and "Asylum Medicine" | p. 75 |
3 A Memoir of an Illness | p. 84 |
4 A Governor Speaks on Behalf of the Disabled | p. 94 |
5 Calling for the Reform of the State Asylum | p. 99 |
Chapter 3 Revolutionary Changes Lead to the Modern Mental Health-Care System | |
Chapter Preface | p. 107 |
1 The National Institute of Mental Health Is Established | p. 109 |
2 Psychoactive Drugs and Their Role in the Treatment of the Severely Mentally Ill | p. 118 |
3 From State Mental Hospital to Psychiatric Center | p. 124 |
4 The Role of Community Mental Health Centers | p. 129 |
5 The Rationale Behind Deinstitutionalization | p. 138 |
Chapter 4 Mental Health Activism | |
Chapter Preface | p. 148 |
1 Regaining One's Personhood: A Personal Account | p. 150 |
2 The U.S. Government Protects the Rights of the Mentally Ill | p. 155 |
3 Revisiting the Case of Alberta Lessard | p. 162 |
4 A Writer Looks at Mental Illness in Her Community | p. 167 |
Chapter 5 Improving Care for the Mentally Ill | |
Chapter Preface | p. 175 |
1 A Critique of the Current Mental Health System | p. 177 |
2 A Blueprint for Change | p. 182 |
3 Gaining Insight into Lack of Insight | p. 187 |
4 Treating the Medical Problems of the Mentally Ill | p. 191 |
5 Negotiating the Maze of Social Programs | p. 198 |
6 Community-Based Care for the Mentally Ill Needs to Be Strongly Regulated | p. 204 |
7 Providing Mental Health Care for Soldiers in Iraq | p. 208 |
Chronology | p. 215 |
Organizations to Contact | p. 221 |
For Further Research | p. 225 |
Index | p. 229 |
Ruggiero, Adriane.
Books
History of issues
History of issues
Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered).
SD_ILS:515739
English
2008
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Mentally ill -- Treatment -- United States -- History.
Psychiatry -- United States -- History.
Ruggiero, Adriane.
Ruggiero, Adriane.
Mental health services -- United States -- History.
Mentally ill -- Treatment -- United States -- History.
Psychiatry -- United States -- History.
362.2 M
Mental health services -- United States -- History.
Mentally ill -- Treatment -- United States -- History.
Psychiatry -- United States -- History.
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Greenhaven Press,
Mental health services -- United States -- History.
2008
Mental health
2008
9780737738445
239 p. ; 24 cm.
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008.
History of issues
Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered).
Adriane. Ruggiero
Mental health
History of issues
Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered).
Non-Fiction
Young Adult
Hamlin Public Library
Book
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362.2 M
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