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Mar 20, 1547
Bedlam was Established
People with mental problems were seen as crazy. They were often beaten and mistreated for entertainment. -
Mentally Ill were Isolated from Society
In Europe, they used asylums to chain people up to the wall who they deemed were mentally ill. -
The use of Mental Hospitals
People in the 1700s started recognizing that the treatment for the mentally ill people was wrong, they then started a reform. Phillippe Pinel who was a physician at the time said chains and shackles could not be used on these people and offered them a room at the hospital in Paris. -
Psychiatry Recognizes ED
Benjamin Rush makes it known that children with emotional issues should have better treatment. -
Emotional Disturbance is Studied Scientifically
German scientists Emil Kriplein studied mental illness at a deeper level and made known a difference between manic depressive syndrome and schizophrenia -
Treatment
Famous psychologists Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung started developing treatments and further researching mental illness -
Juvenile Psychiatric Unit Open
This allowed for a somewhat safe place for the emotionally distrubed -
Mental Health Act
President Harry Truman signed the mental health which granted more money and resources into researching mental health issues and treatments -
Re-ED is developed
Nicholas Hobbs started addressing the needs of emotionally disturbed children at schools. His work was later published which contains a model of the 12 principals of the emotionally distrubed. -
Behavior Disorders Council
The Council for Children with Behavior Disorders was formed -
Mills v. Board of Education
The court ruled that exclusion of children with disabilities from the public education is unconstitutional. -
IDEA Established