Reform movement • Dr. Pinel (French Doc 1745-1826)
helped improve upon the asylums – He argued that the pa=ents should be treated with sympathy & kindness » He unchained them & allowed them to move freely, replaced dark dungeons with sunny, well-ven=lated rooms & offered support & advice – His treatment (known as moral treatment) spread » Tuke (England) & Rush (United States) • Dorothea Dix (Boston school teacher)-made human care a public & poli=cal concern in US – She went from state legislature to state legislature speaking of the horrors she had seen & called for reform • She fought for new laws & greater government funding to improve treatment of people with mental disorders
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