TREATMENT OF MADNESS

Health and Society

Health and Society

Answer 1a)

County asylums, provincial licensed houses and metropolitan licensed houses were active in treating madness in people in the middle of the nineteenth century. However, the county and borough asylums contributed majorly in treatment as compared to other houses and institutions. Metropolitan and provincial houses did not contribute much in 1870.

Answer 2)

The table reveals projection in rate of admission of patients to mental hospitals in England and Wales between 1884 and 1951 in both genders. From moving downward in the table from 1884 to 1951 in each age group significant increase in the rate could be seen in both genders.

Answer 3)

Introduction

Mental illness gained public concern in the nineteenth century after the mental illness suffered by the King George III. It was because of his mental illness that the politicians and doctors started taking measures for the treatments of mentally ill patients. Before that such people were regarded as insane or lunatic and were treated as vegetable by other society members. They were not at all treated well by the society. They were completely out casted from the society if they were harmless. If they were likely to harm others then they were confined in rooms or houses with really no proper means of care provided for them. This was considered as the easiest way of handling such unfortunates

Treatment in Asylums

In the midst of the nineteenth century the treatment measures for insane and mentally ill people got boost up. This led to proper building of asylums. This was considered as one of the best possible treatments for the mentally ill people through moral treatment. The very first properly built asylum of nineteenth century was Retreat at York which was built by a Quaker named William Tuke. This gave the concept to others that the humanely care of mentally ill was possible. Efforts of William Tuke and his grandson whose name was Samuel encouraged others for participating in taking care of the mentally ill people. Samuel brought about the publication of the methods of care that were adopted at the asylum and this made others knowledgeable about the kind of care such people should be given (Bewley, 2008, p.5).

George Jepson as being a nurse adopted a method at the asylum that was more kind and human. He considered that institutional care would prove to be beneficial a great deal in treating mentally sick people. ...