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Dorothea Dix's Liberation Movement and Why It Matters Today

(8 days ago) WEBWhatever flaws these American asylums possessed, it is worth noting that the Los Angeles County jail system is now the largest mental health care provider in the country . In North Carolina, a brand-new, five-story prison hospital for inmates with …

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2021.170203

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Covering Mental Health - Journalism in Action

(Just Now) WEBIn the mid-1800s, the activist Dorothea Dix helped spearhead a reform movement in mental health, which resulted in the construction of public psychiatric hospitals across …

https://www.journalisminaction.org/case/nellie-bly

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Dorothea Dix Mental Health Reform, Civil War Nurse, …

(9 days ago) WEBDorothea Dix (born April 4, 1802, Hampden, District of Maine, Massachusetts [now in Maine], U.S.—died July 17, 1887, Trenton, New Jersey) was an American educator, social reformer, and …

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dorothea-Dix

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Making their Voices Heard - US History Scene

(6 days ago) WEB6. Elizabeth Packard used her experiences to expose the poor state of mental health care. She was passionate about fixing this system that gave men such authority over women while not taking the time to hear …

https://ushistoryscene.com/article/mental-health-reform/

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A Victorian Mental Asylum Science Museum

(5 days ago) WEBThe moral treatment system was a new approach to mental healthcare that influenced many of the reforms of the 1800s. The system aimed to treat people with …

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/victorian-mental-asylum

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Why is the mental health rights movement so important?

(2 days ago) WEBLearn more about the mental health rights movement. The Chicago School on June 29, 2017. Almost 44 million Americans experience mental illness every year. …

https://www.thechicagoschool.edu/insight/psychology/mental-health-rights-movement-important/

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Dorothea Lynde Dix - HISTORY

(4 days ago) WEBDorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) was an author, teacher and reformer. Her efforts on behalf of the mentally ill and prisoners helped create dozens of new …

https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/dorothea-lynde-dix

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University of Toledo Libraries

(9 days ago) WEBMental Health. In early 19th century America, care for the mentally ill was almost non-existent: the afflicted were usually relegated to prisons, almshouses, or inadequate supervision by families. The …

https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/exhibits/quackery/quack5.html

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Dorothea Dix (1802–1887) - PMC - National Center for …

(3 days ago) WEBDorothea Dix (1802–1887) Dorothea Dix played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill. She was a …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470530/

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Reforms of the Body and Mind United States History I - Lumen …

(9 days ago) WEBThe first American mental hospital opened in Philadelphia in 1751, under the supervision of the Quaker community, who had long been involved in mental health treatment reform. …

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-ushistory1/chapter/other-reform-movements/

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Origins of Mental Health - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of …

(5 days ago) WEBThe term mental hygiene has a long history in the United States, having first been used by William Sweetzer in 1843. After the Civil War, which increased concern about the effects …

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/mental-health/about/origins-of-mental-health

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Prison and Asylum Reform [ushistory.org]

(6 days ago) WEBIn 1821, a disaster occurred in Auburn Prison that shocked even the governor into pardoning hardened criminals. After being locked down in solitary, many of the eighty …

https://www.ushistory.org/us/26d.asp

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Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present – Psychology - Open …

(Just Now) WEBIn the 19th century, Dorothea Dix led reform efforts for mental health care in the United States (). She investigated how those who are mentally ill and poor were cared for, and …

https://opentext.wsu.edu/psych105nusbaum/chapter/mental-health-treatment-past-and-present/

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Reform Movements 1800s - National Geographic Society

(2 days ago) WEBThe nineteenth century was a time for social reform in the United States. Some historians have even labeled the period from 1830 to 1850 as the “Age of Reform.” Women, in …

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-reform-movements-1800s/

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America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System Origins

(3 days ago) WEBGenerally, deinstitutionalization began around 1955 as the number of people in hospitals began to decline afterward. New York became one of the first states to reform its …

https://origins.osu.edu/article/americas-long-suffering-mental-health-system?language_content_entity=en

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How America’s Mental Health System Evolved - The Chas …

(2 days ago) WEBThroughout the 18 th Century and up to the mid 1900’s, individuals with mental illness, particularly those with severe mental problems, were often institutionalized in state …

https://thechasfoundation.org/how-americas-mental-health-system-evolved/

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Reform Movements: America’s Era of Good Feeling

(7 days ago) WEBMental Health Reform. Amid the various reform movements of the era, the push for mental health reform stood out as a pivotal and compassionate endeavor. Led …

https://socialstudieshelp.com/american-history-topics/reformers-of-the-1800s/

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Our History Mental Health America

(9 days ago) WEBMental Health America publishes the first-ever Workplace Wellness Report: Mind the Workplace, an analysis of over 17,000 employee surveys across 19 industries in the …

https://www.mhanational.org/our-history

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Dutch Reformed Church: The Years of Its Power and Glory

(5 days ago) WEBThe Dutch Reformed, or Reformed Church, an ancient institution in New Jersey, came to Newark relatively late in the 1830s by way of the tiny Bergen settlement …

https://knowingnewark.npl.org/dutch-reformed-church-the-years-of-its-power-and-glory/

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Low-intensity digital mental health service promised in federal …

(8 days ago) WEBIn short: Tuesday night's budget included measures for a new digital mental health service for people with lower-intensity needs. The service could provide help …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-16/digital-mental-health-services-falls-short-say-psych-groups/103852996

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NAMI Greater Bergen: Mental Health Support, Education

(Just Now) WEBHelping Those In Need. NAMI started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in 1979 has blossomed into the nation's leading voice on mental health. …

https://namigreaterbergen.org/

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Growing Up White in the 1960s in Newark, New Jersey

(4 days ago) WEBI was a young white kid growing up in Newark, New Jersey in the 1960s. It was slated to be a decade of national change and reform, particularly in the area of race …

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when-call-therapist/202006/growing-white-in-the-1960s-in-newark-new-jersey

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Bergen County Community Mental Health Resource List

(6 days ago) WEB201-957-1800 Crossroads to Wellness/ Intensive Outpatient Treatment and Support Services (IOTSS) Care Plus Accepting new referrals, call first Providing telehealth …

https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/About_Bergen_County/News__Press/COVID/COVID-19_Community_Resources_04_23_2020.pdf

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