Mental illnesses were thought to reflect socery or witchcraft
Jan 1, 700
insane asylums built
Jan 1, 705
first pyschiatric hospital ward
Jan 1, 1247
Bethlehem Hospital opens in London to house ‘distraught and lunatik people
First actual mental asylum opened in america
Quakers in Philadelphia open the first asylum in America based on the principles of moral treatment
Stress became linked to mental illnesses
Cognitive Thearapy was used
treatments
Benzodiazepines gained widespread use for anxiety and depression, until dependency problems curtailed their popularity
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy began
The most recent and updated deffiniton of depression was made
Congress passes the Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act. It requires that any limits to insurance coverage for mental illness be no more restrictive than those for physical health issues