Brief History of Mental Health Treatment
The long history of the treatment of people living with mental illness is varied and nuanced. The United States has participated in the everchanging spectrum of societal norms and medical procedures implemented in mental health stewardship and curative hopes. This timeline illustrates a brief history of several important factors that have impacted the treatment of people living with mental illness in the United States, from moral therapy to the deinstitutionalization of mental health treatment through community-based health care.