Evolution of the Treatment of Depression Marla A Jennings HCS-531 05-06-2013 Georgetta Baptist Evolution of the Treatment of Depression “Depression has been known to be around since 400 B.C. when Hippocrates treated mental illness as diseases to be understood in terms of disturbed physiology‚ rather than reflections of the displeasure of the gods or evidence of demonic possession‚ as they were often treated in Egyptian‚ Indian‚ Greek‚ and Roman writings (PBS.org‚ 1999) “In the
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The group soon realized that prostitution was not necessarily a moral issue but and economic issue‚ which led to charity work for women and children in need. Another proponent of women’s issues was Dorothea Dix‚ who was horrified by the treatment for insane women. Her actions led to the asylum movement‚ which led to the establishment of state asylums for the insane. Similar reforms took place to address social issues such as: prison reform‚ establishment
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were beginning to call for it‚ as expressed in Document E. Proper education for all would give everyone an opportunity to be a productive citizen. Also enhancing egalitarian principles were the social movement such as the asylum changes led by Dorothea Dix advocated for ethical treatment of all‚ including the insane‚ or the prison reform advocated in Document A. As expressed in Document A‚ the prison reform taken on by the Whigs advocated rehabilitation centers for delinquent rather than merely warehouses
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he focused on changing a mentally ill patient’s environment or occupation‚ or administering certain substances as medications. 1800s In the 1840s‚ activist Dorothea Dix lobbied for better living conditions for the mentally ill after witnessing the dangerous and unhealthy conditions in which many patients lived. Over a 40-year period‚ Dix successfully persuaded the U.S. government to fund the building of 32 state psychiatric hospitals. This institutional inpatient care model‚ in which many patients
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so little help that military men called on women for support. (Black 2017). Women leaders arose who would change the image of nursing‚ and the way women were perceived‚ despite the skepticism of men that prevailed at that time. Such leaders as Dorothea Dix‚ who opened the way for women volunteers by training women to rise to the needs that the war inflicted. Her knowledge and brisk attitude began to break down the stereotypical view of women‚ which saved many lives and started changing the current
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war. They got involved because they wanted to help their side of the war win. In the Civil War women acted as nurses and doctors‚ undercover soldiers and spies‚ and encouraged men to join the war. One job women did in the Civil War was nursing. Dorothea Dix‚ a nurse‚ appointed superintendent of all female nurses in the Union Army. Women had to have good
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. The Asylum and Penitentiary Movement ● In early America‚ the mentally ill were often treated as common criminals‚ spending years behind bars. ● In the 1840s‚ activist‚ spearheaded a movement to improve treatment for the mentally ill. ● Dorothea Dix efforts let to the creation of the first generation of mental asylum in the United States. Public Education ● Horace Mann was secretary of Education in Massachusetts in the 1840s and 1850s and also served in the U.S House of Representatives
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Chapter 1‚ "Columbus‚ the Indians‚ and Human Progress" covers early Native American civilization in North America and the Bahamas‚ the genocide and slavery committed by the crew of Christopher Columbus‚ and the violent colonization by early settlers. Topics include the Arawaks‚ Bartolomé de las Casas‚ the Aztecs‚ Hernando Cortes‚ Pizarro‚ Powhatan‚ the Pequot‚ the Narragansett‚ Metacom‚ King Philip’s War‚ and the Iroquois. Chapter 2‚ "Drawing the Color Line" addresses early slavery of African
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Nursing and Medicine Of the American Civil War Kristy Michelle Pickard-4756 History 2111 – Fall 2009 On April 12‚ 1861 in Fort Sumter‚ SC Confederate troops fired the first shots of the Four Year American Civil War. After the first few battles were fought‚ both sides faced the realization of how they desperately needed doctors and nurses to care for the injured soldiers. (1) The first nurses were recuperating soldiers (rebel) however; their own illnesses prevented them from providing proper
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Albert Moncada Jr. Ms. Oberman AP U.S. History‚ Period 6 2 February 2012 APUSH DBQ Reform movements in the United States from 1825-1850 greatly benefited to expand democratic ideals that shape our nation today‚ but they also limited the expansion with some reforms. Reform movements took place in the North to fight off the forced labor and cruelty of slavery‚ and throughout the states‚ religious revivals and women rights movements arose. These reform movements expanded the democratic ideals by
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