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Dix works to examine and reform the treatment of indviduals with mental illness
Disturbed by the inhumane treatment of individuals with mental illness, Dorthea Dix lobbies to establish state hospitals dedicated to more humane care of the mentally ill. www.pbs.org -
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INSTITUTIONALIZATION: The Asylum Era
Because of demands related to the industrialization, individuals with mental illness are largely marginalized-- sent to segregated asylums and occasionally incarcerated with criminals. -
Journalist Nellie Bly publishes Ten Days in A Madhouse, exposing conditions in NYC mental institituions
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Mental Hygiene Movement
Individuals with mental illness are sent to hospital treatment settings, still segregated for mental illness (ie mental hospitals). Increasing focus on scientific cause and treatment, efforts to prevent mental illness -
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Psychoanalytical therapies reign supreme
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Beers writes "A Mind That Found Itself"
Clifford Beers writes "A Mind That Found Itself," which leads to the establishment of the American Mental Health Association. Bluebird, History of the Consumer/Suvivor Movement. -
"Modern" Mental Hygeine Movement
"Mental hygeine" or mental health becomes a focus as groups form to improve the settings and quality of care for individuals with mental illness while preventing onset when possible and educating the general public about mental illness in general. Beers spearheads the founding of the National COmmittee for Mental Hygiene, which will later evolve into the National Mentalh Health Association. -
President Truman signs the National Mental Health Act
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The National Institute of Mental Health formally founded
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Bell of Hope- Recognized symbol for National Mental Health Association established
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Short-Doyle Act passed
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Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest published
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Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act passes
Federal money allocated for community based mental health services -
Medi Cal options become available
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Lanterman Petris Short Act
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Insane Liberation Front organization founded in Portland, OR
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A DECADE OF LIBERATION/DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
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Mental Patients Liberation Project organization founded in NYC, Mental Patients Liberation Front founded in Boston
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Network Against Psychiatric Assault organization founded in SF
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First annual Human Rights Against Psychiatric Oppresssion conference in Detroit
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"Homosexuality' removed from the DSM
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National Institute of Mental Health creates its Community Support Program
Focus and funding shifts from psychatric hospitals to community resources -
Chamberlin's "On Our Own: Patient Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System" published
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A DECADE OF TRANSITION
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Alternative Org On Our Own of Maryland recieves state funding
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Special Education programs established
County mental health departments become responsible for providing support and mental health services for studens who qualify -
Alternative Org Berkeley Drop In Center recieves state funding
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Alternative Org the Ruby Rogers Drop In Center recieves state funding in Cambridge, MA
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First Alternative Conference held in Baltimore
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Alternative Org the Oakland Independence Support Center recieves state funding
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Substance Abuse Mental Heath Services Administration manual becomes the first manual written with funds from the federal govement
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Congress passes the Protection and Advocy Act for individuals with Mental Illnesses Act
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New Consumer Groups form: Self Help Clearinghouse in Penn, National Empowerment Center
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THE DECARDE OF RECOVERY
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Bronzan McCorquodale Realignment Act passes
Effectively shifts responsibility for mental health service funding from state to local governments-- which also shifts control and allocation of resources -
Medi Cal includes mental health services
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Assembly Bill 34 established
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Mental Health Parity law passed
Health care treatment plans are required to provide coverage for mental health related treatment -
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THE DECADE OF PEER INVOLVEMENT
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Lanterman Petris Short Act revisited
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CA Mental Health Master Plan established
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Laura's Law established
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CA passes Mental Health Services Act
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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act passes
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passes (Obamacare established)
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Realignment
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Department of State Hospitals created (to repalce Department of Mental Health