A nurse was asked to identify the most preferred location for addressing mental illness during the 19th century. What is the nurse's best response?
1. Home
2. Asylums
3. Hospitals
4. Sanitariums
Answer: 2
Explanation: During the 17th and 18th century, asylums were an attempt to provide humane treatment for the mentally ill, but by the 19th century they were intended more for restraint. Asylums were the preferred means of housing those with mental illness in the 19th century. Prior to the 19th century, the mentally ill were frequently housed in hospitals that treated all illnesses. The mentally ill, particularly those who were violent, were frequently institutionalized and removed from the home. Sanitariums were usually restricted to the wealthy.
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