Affected person is possessed by a demon or has become subject to displeasure of the gods

NYT reporter, Nelly Bly, gets self admitted to Blackwell’s Island and writes exposé on conditions there, resulting in more funding*

Era of psychoanalysis—the “talking cure”

• Era of psychoanalysis—the “talking cure”

• Freud treated wide variety of patients, but most people with psychosis still given custodial care in institutions

Clifford Beers publishes his autobiography, A Mind that Found Itself, describing his dehumanizing experiences in a Connecticut mental institution

• Clifford Beers publishes his autobiography, A Mind that Found Itself, describing his dehumanizing experiences in a Connecticut mental institution

• Calls for reform, founds National Committee for Mental Hygiene—an education and advocacy group

• This group later becomes the National Mental Health Association