Dorothea Dix

The American Civil War is an event in American history that is looked back on with regret. Regret that our country had to go through such a terrible time when brother killed brother, and father killed son. When most look back on the American Civil war, they might think of the men, maybe Abraham Lincoln, maybe the slaves, but do women come to the mind of most when thinking about the American Civil War? Women played a great role during the Civil War. Some women were spies, like Isabelle Boyd and…

During the 1800’s women's roles in society were having many obligations and few choices. Some compare the conditions of women’s life in this time period to a form of slavery. Due to the harsh living conditions women were constantly making efforts to reform America. Women had a large impact on the social changes in America involving educational reform, prison reform, and the abolition movement. The educational reform in America in the 1800’s was a major reformation movement that won extensive…

Two members of the anti-slavery and women’s rights groups; Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell had jointly written a protest that enabled Lucy to keep her maiden name after they were both married. As the law stipulates in Massachusetts, a woman is legally bound to her husband as a subordinate and her husband is the head of their household. Lucy and Henry asserted that they would not comply with the law that gives all rights to the man. (Blackwell & Stone). They had both made a plea to the state of…

The Civil War was a significant industrial war that resulted from conflicts between free states, which had already abolished slavery, and slave states, which were still using slavery, in both the North and the South during the year of 1861 to 1865. After the war started only one year, there were important groups of people who had participated as significant forces. These people were women and African-American. They were served as special volunteers and troops to support the government armies in…

Second Great Awakening on the Women’s Rights Movement The Second Great Awakening aimed to improve the relationship between people and the overall good of American society. The era consisted of the movement toward the abolishment of slavery, better public education, utopian society, and women's rights. All of these rights were motivated by the mass religious diversification and evangelistic thought, and had an impact on America that became controversial, in the sense of political sovereignty…

Mental Health Assessment Paper: Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center Theresa L. Butler Husson University Community Mental Health Assessment Paper Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center (DDPC), also previously known as Bangor Mental Health is located in Bangor Maine and is just one of the two State psychiatric hospitals under the Maine State Department of Health and Human Services. Dorothea Dixx is a 51-bed facility that serves almost two-thirds of the…

Dorothea Lynde Dix passed away at age 85 on 17th July, 1887. The term “crazy” was actually formed from the Middle English work “cracked” and insane from the Latin “insanus” meaning “unhealthy” came to mean a mental disorder in the time period of the 17th century…

inform the people of some dangers to there health/life. For example in the “Drunkard Progresses”, it made drinking seem good at first but its just a road to death making some people less likely to drink and ultimately die. Another example is from Dorothea Dix which basically says that hospitals should treat all of their patients well and not chain them like prisoners making everyone including the “little guy” is supported. The last example is from Horace Mann which basically says a state should…

The main key philosophies of counseling professions are wellness, resilience, and prevention, which provide counselors the ability to evaluate, to form a connection between the concept and understanding of ideas, and to provide growth and wellness to develop a treatment plan for each clients. Wellness, resilience, and prevention are the three key philosophies that are constantly evolving as the years go by. According to Myers and Sweeney (2008), wellness is the paradigm for counseling that…

for, and treated better. During this time, the state of Massachusetts did have one mental hospital, but the costs were too much for the average person. Dix went to the state legislature and shocked the Massachusetts state government with her research. Almost immediately, Massachusetts signed a law to develop mental hospitals for the public sector. Dix was able to achieve her objectives, because she got the mentally ill out of the prison environment and into the hospital setting where they…