HSA 3111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Supplemental Security Income, Community Mental Health Service, Mental Disorder
3 Feb 2018
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From colonial times through the 1800s, mental health treatment was primarily conducted in state and county operated institutions. There were not many treatments available, and often the mentally ill were incarcerated rather than treated. Quakers advocated moral treatment of the mentally ill during the 1800s. The term moral meant the use of psychologically oriented therapy. During and after wwi, neuroses ("shell shock") in those returning from military service focused new attention on mental illness. This continues to be a concern today and is general referred to as posttraumatic stress syndrome. The first effective biological treatments appeared in the 1930s (e. g. electroconvulsive therapy, drug-induced convulsions). World war ii produced renewed focus on mental health, and after the war the national mental health act of 1946 was passed. This act resulted in the creation of the national institute of mental health (links to an external site. The department of veterans" affairs also established psychiatric hospitals and ambulatory clinics.
