History of the Treatment of Mental Illness Project

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History of Mental Illness Treatments

• The 10 Worst Mental Health Treatments in History-Everyday Health

• Brought to Life: Mental Health and Illness- Science Museum: United Kingdom

• History of Mental Illness-NOBA Project

• Ancient Greek Approaches to Health and Medicine- BBC

• Treatments for Mental Illness- American Experience

• The History of Mental Illness: From Skull Drills to Happy Pills- Inquiries Journal

• Historical Perspectives on the Theories, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Mental Illness-BCMJ

• Asylums to Antidepressants: A Short History of Mental Illness in the West- ABC Australian Broadcasting Company)

Bedlam

• From Bethlehem to Bedlam- England's First Mental Institution- Historic England

• How Bedlam Became 'a palace for lunatics'- BBC Culture

• Brought to Life: Bethlehem Royal Hospital- Science Museum: United Kingdom

Deinstitutionalization

• Deinstitutionalization: A Psychiatric "Titanic"- PBS Frontline

• Deinstitutionalization of People with Mental Illness: Causes and Consequences-AMA Journal

• What happened to U.S. mental health care after deinstitutionalization?-Washington Post

Nellie Bly

• Nellie Bly- National Women's History Museum

• How Nellie Bly Went Undercover to Expose Abuse of Mentally Ill- PBS News Hour

• Inside Nellie Bly's 10 Days in a Madhouse- Biography.com

Dorothea Dix

• Dorothea Lynde Dix- History.com

• Dorothea Dix- National Women's History Museum

• Dorothea Dix- US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

Video- The Madness of Bedlam

Gives a history of how patients were treated in the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem (Bedlam). Included are descriptions of the following treatments: herbal remedies, bloodletting, blistering, beatings, and mercury.