Early Life
Who was an early 19th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime?
Who is Dorothea Dix born April 4, 1802, in Hampden, Maine. She was an author, teacher and reformer.
How did Dorothea Dix help the mentally ill?
Dix traveled across the country and compiled reports on the horrible treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill. These reports she used to bring this treatment to light and allowed her to lobby for legislation and funding for mental institutions. Founding and the expanding more than 30 hospitals for the mentally ill.
What was one of Dorothea Dix’s main contributions?
She championed causes for both the mentally ill and indigenous populations
While writing and teaching what did she do?
What is she founded the Dix Mansion, a school for girls, along with a charity school that poor girls could attend for free
The amount of mental hospitals created by Dorothea Dix by 1880
What are 32 out of the 123 mental hospitals in the United States?
How did Dorothea Dix contribute to psychology?
physiological, psychological, and sociological contributions to mental illness according to dix. She asserted that psychological disorders are the offspring of civilization. For Dix, a good treatment should include good diet, exercise,laughter, and important occupation.
What happened during the civil war?
What is completely dedicated herself to the Union cause. She was designated as the Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union Army. Over the course of the war she appointed more than 3,000, or about 15%, of Union Army nurses.
The schools that Dorothea Dix created.
What are 15 schools for the feeble minded, schools to train nurses to help the mentally ill, and a school for the blind?
What did Dorothea dix research do?
Her attempts on the behalf of the mentally ill and the people in prison helped create dozens of new institutions across the United States and in Europe and changed people's perceptions of these populations.
References
Dumont, M. P. (2000). The mad and the bad in state institutions. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70(2), 148-149. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.csusb.edu/10.1111/j.1939-0025.2000.tb04398.x
Gollaher, D. L. (1993). Dorothea Dix and the English origins of the American asylum movement. Canadian Review of American Studies, 23(3), 149-176. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.csusb.edu/10.3138/CRAS-023-03-07
Parry, M. S. (2006). Dorothea Dix (1802-1887). American Journal of Public Health, 96(4), 624-625. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.csusb.edu/10.2105/AJPH.2005.079152
Strickler, J. & Farmer, T. (2019). Dorothea Dix: Crusader for patients with mental illness. Nursing, 49(1), 49-51. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.csusb.edu/10.1097/01.NURSE.0000549724.14939.d8