mental health reform movement of the 19th century?

mental health reform movement of the 19th century?i need to know any info on the 19th century mental health care reform movement;
and could you please site your sources...
thanks a bunchhh
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Answer by The BlueMass Cat
That would be the Galt system of therapy. Try this Google Search result:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Galt+moral+management&btnG=Search

Galt decided if you treat a patient like a human and get to the basics of their illness you might get better results.

A Manual of Psychological Medicine By John Charles Bucknill, Daniel Hack Tuke

is an original 1879 reference on mental health.

Try looking up this article: Moral and Humane: Patients' Libraries in Early Nineteenth-Century American Mental Hospitals. Great article on the mental health reforms.

Don't forget to read up on Dorthea Dix, who contributed towards the humane treatment of the mentally ill.

Answer by Julia P
Dorothea Dix was a major influence in this movement. Before reform, most mentally ill people were in jails, kept in chains or cages. They would be beaten if they "misbehaved." The state of Massachusetts(for example) had only one asylum which was very expensive. After reform, mentally ill people got more treatment and weren't sent to jail. More affordable asylums were created. Sorry, but I don't have an sources to sight. I'm just going from memory on what we learned about it this year in history.

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