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Informationen zum Autor Monica A. Joseph Klappentext How have individuals with mental illness been treated historically and what are their experiences today? This book investigates the historical and contemporary forms of discrimination faced by those with mental illness.This book provides a broad foundation on the history of mental illness and discrimination as well as the current treatment network and contemporary issues related to mental illness and discrimination. It presents a historical overview of the treatment of mental illness from the pre-asylum movement through the current system, identifying both overt and covert discrimination. It is an ideal resource for high school and college students researching how people with mental illness have experienced discrimination throughout history as well as for social justice advocates or professionals who work with persons with mental illness. Discrimination against the Mentally Ill reviews how persons with mental illness have been treated across time, exploring the impact of various forms of discrimination and how other contemporary issues relate to mental illness, including diversity, homelessness, veteran affairs, and criminal justice. The work includes primary source materials-historical and contemporary, from the United States and other nations-that serve to augment readers' understanding of the topic and foster development of critical thinking and research skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Preface Part I: Overview 1 Background and Definitions What Is Mental Health, Mental Illness, and Discrimination? What Is Mental Health? What Is Mental Illness? What Is Discrimination? How Many People Are Affected by Mental Illness and Discrimination? Early Documentation Efforts Current Challenges in Documenting Mental Illness Current Data on Mental Illness Gender Concerns 2 Changing Belief Systems and Historical Treatment of the Mentally Ill Ancient Beliefs Medieval Beliefs Modern Beliefs The Renaissance The Reformation Beliefs in the Age of Reason Early American Beliefs Moving toward Scientific Causes of Mental Illness 3 Discrimination and the Formation of a Modern System of Care for the Mentally Ill The Madhouses The Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 The Madhouse Act of 1774 The County Asylum Act of 1808 The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 The County Asylum Act of 1845 and the Lunacy Act of 1845 The Lunatic Amendment and County Asylum Amendment Acts of 1853 and 1862 Metropolitan Poor Act of 1867 The Lunatics Law Amendment Act of 1889 and the Lunacy Act of 1890 4 Early American Society and Discrimination against the Mentally Ill Almshouses, Poorhouses, and Workhouses in the United States Dorothea Dix Early Hospitals and Asylums in the United States Dr. Benjamin Rush and the Pennsylvania Hospital Francis Fauquier and the Eastern State Hospital The New York Hospital and the Bloomingdale Asylum The Public Hospital of Baltimore (Spring Grove) Thomas Scattergood and the Friends Hospital Reverend Louis Dwight, the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Worcester Lunatic Asylum Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane 5 How Treatment Movements Influenced Discrimination against the Mentally Ill The Movement toward Physical Treatments The Medication Management Movement Approaching Mental Illness as Public Health What Is the Public Health Approach, and How Does It Relate to the Mentally Ill? How the Public Health Approach Affects Discrimination Deinstitutionalization and Community Mental Health Centers Persistent Overcrowding The Costs of Treating Mental Illness The United Kingdom and Other Developed Nations Approaching Mental Illness as a Disability What Is the Disability Movement? The Connection between the Disability Movement and Mental Healt...
