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Article: Entire community has role in helping those with mental illness.(Commentary)(Too many people still think a person with a mental illness needs to be locked up)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2006
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Byline: Susan Ban For The Register-Guard
Consider for a moment how dramatically mental health care has changed over the last century:
Early 1900s: People with mental illness were considered `lunatics' and sent to asylums.
Early 1930s: The notorious lobotomy was introduced, and electro-convulsive shock treatment continued as a dominant practice.
1950s: Psychotropic medication was introduced. Outpatient clinics began popping up all over the country.
1960s: Deinstitutionalization began. Thousands of the mentally ill were released from state hospitals without adequate planning. Sadly, inadequate facilities and systems for their ...