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Madness at the turn of the C (Mitchell (Very long time before our minds…
Madness at the turn of the C
Mitchell
Very long time before our minds can say, i have been used enough
Both boys and girls spending too long at school should have 3-4 education hours a day
The American women is physically unfit for purpose
Women before 17 any overwork or even steady use of brain is dangerous and could affect their future usefulness
Worst instances is when middle class men go into professional work
Probably a year or more of utter idleness until fit again, and even then no certainty to be totally restored to working health
Gilman- said to have targeted her yellow wallpaper at Gilman so that he would rethink the rest cure
Beard
Nervousness manifests itself by some of many symptoms which he listed in his book of nervous exhaustion. Includes symptoms such as fear of lightning, ticklishness and cold hands and feet.
Insanity of the incurable kind is more common among the middle and lower classes
Increase of civilisation, poverty and education has all come at the expense of the nervous system
Remembered for having defined neurasthenia, attributed nervous exhaustion to civlization
Beers
Advances towards more humane treatment in asylums
Brother died of epilepsy- went mad as believed same would happen to him
Mistreated in the asylum- attendants poorly qualified. Super-intendant also ill qualified
Violent ward-
Was roughly empowered, hands locked and forced to do whatever he had refused to do
Gained support from medical profession and in 1909 founded the national committee for mental health
Sicherman
Beard shows continuity between personal experience and preserving mental health
Beard popularized neurasthenia as a medical diagnosis
Mitchell's wear and tear- warnings against overwork represent a class bias
Mental hygienists- importance of childhood developments strengthen the ego against delusions
Surely if mental health is down to emotional control, then both girls and boys should be education to maximise their rationality
Rothman
Mitchell rejected the asylum
Beers wanted less violence in the asylum
Psychopathic hospitals were to create an outpatient clinic- convenient as no stigma so more people would attent
Higher cure rate- people would enter as an acute case rather than chronic.
assistance provided for the discharged patient, such as in finding a new job
Grob
Given psychiatrists inability to demonstrate a relationship between anatomical changes and behaviour, identified illness purely by the physical symptoms
Shuster
Mitchell's rest cure was only for the most severe patients
Rest cure was a highly structured environment where every part of the patients life was structured. Social isolation was imperative