NURS 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 36: Joint Commission, Dorothea Dix, Deinstitutionalisation
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1840 marks first known treatments for mental illness. 1841: o o o o o o o o o o o o o o. Establishment of the national mental health act of 1946. Grants to the states to develop mental health programs outside of state hospitals. National institute of mental health (nimh) was established. The joint commission on mental health and illness established. Made recommendations for treatment of clients with mental illness, training for caregivers, and improvements in education and research on mental illness. Mental retardation facilities and community mental health centers construction act. Primary prevention: services aimed at reducing the incidence of mental disorders within the population. Secondary prevention: interventions aimed at minimizing early symptoms of psychiatric illness and directed toward reducing the prevalence and duration of the illness. Tertiary prevention: services aimed at reducing the residual defects that are associated with severe and persistent mental illness.
