Mental Healthcare
of the 20th Century
Early 1900s
1908
Clifford Beers
A Mind That Found Itself
-Autobiography
-Dehumanizing experience
National Committee for Mental Hygiene
-National Mental Healthcare Association
The 1930s
Illnesses
-Schizophrenia
-Depression
-Anxiety
-Obsessions
1946
National Mental Healthcare Act
-National Institute of Mental Health
The 1950s
1963
Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Healthcare Canters Construction Act
1979
The 1990s
Americans With Disabilities Act
New Generation of Drugs
Work Cited
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