State how and why the concept of moral treatment evolved and the problems associated with its failures, and discuss the individuals who were instrumental in its development.

What will be an ideal response?


Key terms and concepts that maybe included in student responses:
? Deplorable conditions in asylums in Europe and America
? The Act for Regulating Madhouses
? New psychological view-restoration of dignity, rest, relaxation
? Efforts of Pinel, Tuke, and Dix
? Training of mental health professionals
? Increase in mental institutions and public hospitals
? Problems associated with rapid growth-influx of immigrants, decline in humane conditions, lack of public support, and decrease in funding

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