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
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.