Thirty-two state hospitals were established throughout the United States in the mid- to late 1800s. Most of the hospitals were constructed in rural areas. The reason these mental hospitals were built in rural areas was to:
a. protect those who were mentally ill from abusive family members
b. provide a cheap labor force for underserved rural farms
c. create an insulated therapeutic environment in which to best cure those who were mentally ill
d. remove those who were mentally ill far away from the communities that feared them
D
In the 1800s, state hospitals were established in rural communities to remove those who were mentally ill far away from the communities that feared them. The concept of mental illness at that time was very negative. Patients were often stereotyped because of their behaviors.
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