Treatments:
Introduced in 1934 by Ladislas J. Meduna
Lobotamy
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
Developed in 1927 By Dr. Manfred Sakel
Used throughout History
Developed in 1935 by Antonio Egas Moniz
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Hydrotherapy
- Epilepsy
- Paranoia
- Schizophrenia
- Depression
- Suicidal Thoughts/Attempted Suicide
- Genetic Disorders (Down Syndrome)
Common Diseases that led to Institutionalization:
Insulin Induced Coma
- Women acting different than what was expected
- Trouble at home
- Laziness
- Jealousy
- Seduction
- Rumored Husbands death or desertion
- Criminal Activity
- Greediness
(From Weston Hospital in Lewis County, WV)
Reasons Society institutionalized others:
Mental Institutions in the Early 1900s
Care
Treatment for most in Mental Institutions at the time were extremely poor.
AKA: Asylums
Reasons for Institutionalization:
Personal Consent:
Against Will:
- Admitted by family and/or society (mainly husbands, fathers, or brothers)
- Admitted by judge in court
- Homeless, tramp, hobo
- Aware help was needed
- Elderly(Not always free-willed)
Born: March 30, 1876
Died: July 9, 1943
- Graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1897
- Admitted to mental institution in 1900 for depression and paranoia
- Known for A Mind That Found Itself
Clifford Beers
By: Collette Edwards
7th Period
Elizabeth Cochran Seaman
AKA: Nellie Bly
Occupation:
American Journalist and novelist
Famous Works:
Ten Days In A Madhouse
Born: May 5, 1864
Died: January 27, 1922
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Affected Society
Mental Institutions were an over populated dumping ground for those who couldn't function in society. Those admitted were homeless, poor, and unable to care for themselves. It was almost a place for punishment for not being "normal" or up to the standards of everyone else. Mental Institutions gave society a place were they could get rid of the unfortunate members of their family without feeling bad for them not receiving the care they need.