WorksheetsOM&M Station 4
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of these WAS NOT something that happened in mental asylums in the 1930s?
Lobotomies
Poor patient care, including the use of outdated treatments.
Most patients were treated with kindness and respect.
Patients were forced to sleep in wooden crips stacked three patients high.
Which of these is true of trans-orbital lobotomies?
Gentle and non-invasive (meaning not requiring the introduction of instruments into the body).
Could be performed quickly and with minimal care required afterward.
Did not require the use of electricity.
It was completely harmless.
What was Dr. Freeman's nickname?
The Traveling Lobotomist
Dr. Death
Father Feelgood
The Loco Lobotomist
How many lobotomies did Dr. Freeman perform?
Almost a dozen (12)
30
300
More than 3,000
What did the public call the lobotomy? Select two.
Psychic mercy killing
Brain busting
Euthanasia of the mind
Mental murder
Aside from lobotomies, what was another common treatment in mental asylums mentioned in the article?
Hugs
The use of service pets
Group therapy
Shock therapy
What was likely very common in these mental asylums?
friendly interactions between staff and patients
highly effective treatments
abuse and neglect
pillow fights and pizza parties
When was mental health treatment at its worst?
The late 1700s
The mid 1800s
The mid 1900s
Current times
What drug was used to treat the mentally ill?
Oxycodone
Morphine
Thorazine
Aspirin
What happened when effective medications began to be used to treat patients in asylums?
It started the opioid epidemic
Less humane treatments stopped being used
Mental asylums were shut down by the federal government
The public was outraged, prompting widespread protests
