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  2. Deinstitutionalization in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States has experienced two waves of deinstitutionalization, the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability. The first wave began in the 1950s and targeted people with mental illness. [1]

  3. History of mental disorders - Wikipedia

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    Health. v. t. e. Historically, mental disorders have had three major explanations, namely, the supernatural, biological and psychological models. [1] For much of recorded history, deviant behavior has been considered supernatural and a reflection of the battle between good and evil. When confronted with unexplainable, irrational behavior and by ...

  4. Timeline of psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    The National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) was launched in India. 1983. The European Psychiatric Association was founded. [22] 1987. The Indian Mental Health Act was drafted by the parliament, but it came into effect in all the states andunion territories of India in April 1993. This act replaced the Indian Lunacy Act of 1912, which had ...

  5. Deinstitutionalisation - Wikipedia

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    Located in Washington D.C., the hospital had been one of the sites of the Rosenhan experiment in the 1970s. Deinstitutionalisation (or deinstitutionalization) is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability.

  6. History of psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    History of Psychiatry. psychiatric medication and an ECT machine, in Berlin Museum of medical history. History of psychiatry is the study of the history of and changes in psychiatry, a medical specialty which diagnoses, prevents and treats mental disorders.

  7. OPINION: Temporary treatment is not enough to fix our nation ...

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    The legacy of America's troubled history with mental health care continues to influence current practices, ... Mental health recovery and stability cannot be achieved in just five days. Anyone who ...

  8. Mental health - Wikipedia

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    Mental disorders. Mental health, as defined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, [6] is an individual's capacity to feel, think, and act in ways to achieve a better quality of life while respecting personal, social, and cultural boundaries. [7] Impairment of any of these are risk factor for mental disorders, or mental illnesses, [8] which are ...

  9. Clifford Whittingham Beers - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Beers was born in New Haven on March 30, 1876. He was one of five children, all of whom would suffer from psychological distress and would spend time in mental institutions, including Beers himself (see "Clifford W. Beers, Advocate for the Insane"). He graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1897, [1] where he was ...