Treatment of the Mentally Ill
The way mentally ill people were treated before the prison and healthcare reform
What is discrimination?
The main aspect of prisons that was targeted by the prison reform
What are living conditions?
The treatment of people with these conditions was the focus of the healthcare reform
What are mental illnesses?
The main person who fought for the rights of the mentally ill
Who was Dorothea Dix?
Something previously seen as a crime but was changed by the work of Dorothea Dix
What is having a disability
The main cause of health concerns for the imprisoned
What are poor living conditions?
The people who the mentally ill were treated like
Who are criminals?
A change made to prison cells in order to improve the living conditions of prisoners
What is limiting the amount of people in each cell?
The reason why people thought of the mentally ill as not deserving of human rights
What is a lack of understanding?