A timeline of mental illness

After reading the section 400 BC - We used to have mental institutions for people who had mental illness, but now, we don't. Do you think that we have gone back to the way things were done in the ancient past? Is that a good thing?

In the section entitled 1840s, this is the first time America is mentioned. Why do you think that is?

After reading the section 1935, if you had a loved one with a mental illness, would you send them to a mental institution at this point in history?

• Yes

• No

• I'm not sure

Why do you think the number rose so dramatically in the 1950s? Cite evidence for why you think so.

So is our mental health care system currently getting better because less people are institutionalized?

• Yes, there are less people which means it's better

  
  

• No, they are just in other places

  
  

• I'm not really sure

  
  

In a constructed response paragraph, explain how mental health has changed from early times to now and what challenges the health care field faces.