Explain the evolution of mental health care delivery.

Explanation should include

  • major contributors to the evolution of modern mental health care
  • historical changes in psychiatric hospitals (i.e., housing with family members, public mental asylums, psychiatric hospitals)
  • the fate of patients displaced from mental homes.

Process/Skill Questions:

  • What historical events were significant to the evolution of modern mental health care?
  • What historical figures were significant to the evolution of modern mental health care?
  • What is psychoanalysis?
  • What disorders are typically treated with psychotherapy?
  • What are the current trends in mental health care?