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Abraham Maslow
Abraham Harold Maslow was an American professor of psychology at Brandeis University, Brooklyn College, New School for Social Research and Columbia University who created Maslow's hierarchy of ...
Abraham Harold Maslow was an American professor of psychology at Brandeis University, Brooklyn College, New School for Social Research and Columbia University who created Maslow's hierarchy of ...
Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act
The Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 was an Act of Congress passed to improve mental health care in the United States territory of Alaska.
The Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 was an Act of Congress passed to improve mental health care in the United States territory of Alaska.
Assertive community treatment
Assertive community treatment, or ACT, is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery.
Assertive community treatment, or ACT, is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery.
Care programme approach
Care Programme Approach in the United Kingdom is a system of delivering community mental health services to individuals diagnosed with a mental illness.
Care Programme Approach in the United Kingdom is a system of delivering community mental health services to individuals diagnosed with a mental illness.
Case management (mental health)
Case management is the coordination of community services for mental health patients by allocating a professional to be responsible for the assessment of need and implementation of care plans.
Case management is the coordination of community services for mental health patients by allocating a professional to be responsible for the assessment of need and implementation of care plans.
Civil confinement
Civil confinement is a controversial procedure permitted by a law passed in New York, advocated by the former governor, Eliot Spitzer, allowing the civil commitment of sex offenders because they...
Civil confinement is a controversial procedure permitted by a law passed in New York, advocated by the former governor, Eliot Spitzer, allowing the civil commitment of sex offenders because they...
Cogito and the History of Madness
"Cogito and the History of Madness" is a paper by Jacques Derrida that critically responds to Michel Foucault's book the History of Madness.
"Cogito and the History of Madness" is a paper by Jacques Derrida that critically responds to Michel Foucault's book the History of Madness.
Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement
The Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement, also known as the User/Survivor Movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of mental health services,...
The Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement, also known as the User/Survivor Movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of mental health services,...
Consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement
The consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement, also known as the user/survivor movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of mental health services,...
The consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement, also known as the user/survivor movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of mental health services,...
Deep sleep therapy
Deep sleep therapy, also called prolonged sleep treatment or continuous narcosis, is a psychiatric treatment based on the use of psychiatric drugs to render patients unconscious for a period of ...
Deep sleep therapy, also called prolonged sleep treatment or continuous narcosis, is a psychiatric treatment based on the use of psychiatric drugs to render patients unconscious for a period of ...
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) (formerly the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association or NDMDA) is a non-profit organization providing support g...
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) (formerly the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association or NDMDA) is a non-profit organization providing support g...
Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Lynde Dix was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first gene...
Dorothea Lynde Dix was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first gene...
Electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock, is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock, is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect.
Elizabeth Packard
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard (28 December 1816 – 25 July 1897) was an advocate for the rights of women and people accused of insanity.
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard (28 December 1816 – 25 July 1897) was an advocate for the rights of women and people accused of insanity.
Glass delusion
The glass delusion was an external manifestation of a psychiatric disorder recorded in Europe in the late Middle Ages (15th to 17th centuries).
The glass delusion was an external manifestation of a psychiatric disorder recorded in Europe in the late Middle Ages (15th to 17th centuries).
Hannah Mills
Hannah Mills was a Quaker from Leeds, England, whose treatment and death in 1790 while confined in the York Asylum (now Bootham Park Hospital) is recognised as having led to the development of t...
Hannah Mills was a Quaker from Leeds, England, whose treatment and death in 1790 while confined in the York Asylum (now Bootham Park Hospital) is recognised as having led to the development of t...
Hanwell Asylum
The (1st Middlesex) County Asylum at Hanwell, also known as Hanwell Insane Asylum, and Hanwell Pauper and Lunatic Asylum, was built for the pauper insane and is now the West Londo...
The (1st Middlesex) County Asylum at Hanwell, also known as Hanwell Insane Asylum, and Hanwell Pauper and Lunatic Asylum, was built for the pauper insane and is now the West Londo...
History of psychiatric institutions
The story of the rise of the lunatic asylum and its gradual transformation into, and eventual replacement by, the modern psychiatric hospital, is also the story of the rise of organised, institu...
The story of the rise of the lunatic asylum and its gradual transformation into, and eventual replacement by, the modern psychiatric hospital, is also the story of the rise of organised, institu...
Howard Dully
Howard Dully is one of the youngest recipients of the transorbital or "ice-pick" lobotomy, a procedure performed on him when he was 12 years old.
Howard Dully is one of the youngest recipients of the transorbital or "ice-pick" lobotomy, a procedure performed on him when he was 12 years old.
Idiots Act 1886
The Idiots Act 1886 (49 Vict.c.25) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Idiots Act 1886 (49 Vict.c.25) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Insanity
Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns.
Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns.
Insulin shock therapy
Insulin shock therapy or insulin coma therapy (ICT) was a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily com...
Insulin shock therapy or insulin coma therapy (ICT) was a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily com...
John Glasgow Kerr
John Glasgow Kerr was a Presbyterian medical missionary to China with the American Presbyterian Mission.
John Glasgow Kerr was a Presbyterian medical missionary to China with the American Presbyterian Mission.
John Langdon Down
John Langdon Haydon Down (November 18, 1828 – October 7, 1896) was a British doctor best known for his description of a relatively common genetic disorder that is now called Down syndrome.
John Langdon Haydon Down (November 18, 1828 – October 7, 1896) was a British doctor best known for his description of a relatively common genetic disorder that is now called Down syndrome.
Kirkbride Plan
The Kirkbride Plan refers to a system of mental asylum design advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride in the mid-19th century.
The Kirkbride Plan refers to a system of mental asylum design advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride in the mid-19th century.
Lifetrack Therapy
Lifetrack Therapy was founded by Dr. Yukio Ishizuka, a psychiatrist who grew up in Japan and later studied and worked in the West.
Lifetrack Therapy was founded by Dr. Yukio Ishizuka, a psychiatrist who grew up in Japan and later studied and worked in the West.
Lobotomy
Lobotomy (λοβός – lobos: "lobe (of brain)"; τομή – tome: "cut/slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from the ...
Lobotomy (λοβός – lobos: "lobe (of brain)"; τομή – tome: "cut/slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from the ...
Lunacy Act 1845
The Lunacy Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 100) and the County Asylums Act 1845 formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1845 to 1890.
The Lunacy Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 100) and the County Asylums Act 1845 formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1845 to 1890.
Madness and Civilization
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique) is a 1964 abridged edition of the 1961 Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie...
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique) is a 1964 abridged edition of the 1961 Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie...
Metamotivation
Metamotivation is a term coined by Abraham Maslow to describe the motivation of people who are self actualized and striving beyond the scope of their basic needs to reach their full potential.
Metamotivation is a term coined by Abraham Maslow to describe the motivation of people who are self actualized and striving beyond the scope of their basic needs to reach their full potential.
Montague David Eder
Montague David Eder (1865–1936) was a British psychoanalyst, physician, Zionist and writer.
Montague David Eder (1865–1936) was a British psychoanalyst, physician, Zionist and writer.
Moral treatment
Moral treatment was an approach to mental disorder based on humane psychosocial care or moral discipline that emerged in the 18th century and came to the fore for much of the 19th century, deriv...
Moral treatment was an approach to mental disorder based on humane psychosocial care or moral discipline that emerged in the 18th century and came to the fore for much of the 19th century, deriv...
Psychiatric consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement
The psychiatric consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement, also known as the psychiatric survivor movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of ment...
The psychiatric consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement, also known as the psychiatric survivor movement, is a diverse association of individuals who are either currently "consumers" of ment...
Psychiatric survivors movement
The psychiatric survivors movement (more broadly consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement) is a diverse association of individuals who either currently access mental health services (known as...
The psychiatric survivors movement (more broadly consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement) is a diverse association of individuals who either currently access mental health services (known as...
Recovery approach
A Recovery approach as it applies to mental disorder or substance dependence emphasizes and supports each individual's potential for recovery.
A Recovery approach as it applies to mental disorder or substance dependence emphasizes and supports each individual's potential for recovery.
Recovery model
A Recovery model as it applies to mental disorder or substance dependence is an approach that emphasizes and supports each individual's potential for recovery.
A Recovery model as it applies to mental disorder or substance dependence is an approach that emphasizes and supports each individual's potential for recovery.
Robert Gardiner Hill
Robert Gardiner Hill MD was a British surgeon specialising in the treatment of lunacy.
Robert Gardiner Hill MD was a British surgeon specialising in the treatment of lunacy.
Samuel Tuke (reformer)
Samuel Tuke (31 July 1784, York, England – 14 October 1857) was a Quaker philanthropist and mental-health reformer.
Samuel Tuke (31 July 1784, York, England – 14 October 1857) was a Quaker philanthropist and mental-health reformer.
Starson v. Swayze
Starson v. Swayze, 2003 SCC 32, 2003
1 S.C.R. 722 was an important case at the Supreme Court of Canada that considered the legal requirements for determining if a person is capable of maki...
Starson v. Swayze, 2003 SCC 32, 2003
1 S.C.R. 722 was an important case at the Supreme Court of Canada that considered the legal requirements for determining if a person is capable of maki...
The Madhouse
The Madhouse or Asylum is an oil-on-panel painting by Francisco de Goya.
The Madhouse or Asylum is an oil-on-panel painting by Francisco de Goya.
The Retreat
The Retreat, commonly known as the York Retreat, is a place in England for the treatment of people with mental health needs.
The Retreat, commonly known as the York Retreat, is a place in England for the treatment of people with mental health needs.
Vincenzo Chiarugi
Vincenzo Chiarugi was an Italian physician who introduced humanitarian reforms to the psychiatric hospital care of people with mental disorders.
Vincenzo Chiarugi was an Italian physician who introduced humanitarian reforms to the psychiatric hospital care of people with mental disorders.
William Charles Ellis
Sir William Charles Ellis (1780–1839) was the superintendent of the West Riding Pauper Asylum.
Sir William Charles Ellis (1780–1839) was the superintendent of the West Riding Pauper Asylum.
William Tuke
William Tuke was an English businessman, philanthropist and Quaker.
William Tuke was an English businessman, philanthropist and Quaker.