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PHILANTHROPY
Philanthropy: History of Mental Health Treatment
The Antebellum Era was one of the most significant periods when humanitarian practices were highly exercised to reform American society. To eliminate the sins of criminals from the society, the humanitarians thought of playing their part in creating asylums where the offenders and mentally ill who thought committing a crime is their right was put into (Avina, 2016). The state was filled with criminals that were considered inhumane.
One of the most famous humanitarians is Dorothea Dix, who believed there were no measures to differentiate between criminals and the mentally ill (Avina, 2016). She began her journey for this reform with the help of Samuel Gridley and Charles Sumner for scrutinizing hospitals in Massachusetts. She observed that the mentally ill were poorly kept in chained prisons and suffered brutalities (History, 2018). She thought they should be treated in suitable psychiatric hospitals with compassion, attention, and respect. This humanitarian effort for keeping the mentally ill with care and providing them with apt healthcare facilities to ensure their betterment was initiated during this era. The noble goals set for transforming the roles of psychiatric experts and prison owners were made possible by humanitarian intellectuals.
The insane asylums started building as part of antebellum reforms, specifically with building the first Worcester Insane Asylum in 1830 (Brown, 2010). The moral treatments and respect provision were observed within its walls to the mentally ill so that restorative therapies could be targeted for those who needed a better and safer society. The elimination of immoral punishing behavior towards the mentally ill was witnessed, which was only possible with the philanthropists humanitarian role, still seen in contemporary time with pain-free treatments at moral facilities.
References
Avina, M. (2016, October 14). Antebellum era: Prison and asylum reform. STMU Research Scholars. https://stmuscholars.org/antebellum-era-prison-and-asylum-reform/
Brown, A.R. (2010). Reform and curability in American insane asylums of the 1840s: The conflict of motivation between humanitarian efforts and the efforts of the superintendent brethren. Constructing the Past, 11(1). Available at Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1124&context=constructing
History. (2018, August 21). Dorothea Lynde Dix. https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/dorothea-lynde-dix
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