mental health timeline

By emily_mullins24
  • 5000 BCE

    Trephination

    Trephination

  • Reforms for asylums began

  • ¨Athens Asylum for the Insane¨ was opened

  • Nellie Bly went undercover in an asylum

    Nellie Bly went undercover in an asylum

  • Rockhaven, All girls sanitarium was opened

    Rockhaven, All girls sanitarium was opened

  • Henry Cotton removed rotten teeth, thinking that could be the issue

  • Labotomies began

    Labotomies began

  • Electroconclusive shock therapy ended

  • The first first effective antipsychotic was introduced

  • U.S. Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963

  • Comprehensive Mental Health Bill

  • Medicare and Medicaid Acts

  • Short term patient care began

  • # of patients dropped to 100,000

  • Rockhaven closed down