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Entire community has role in helping those with mental illness.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JUL-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Entire community has role in helping those with mental illness.(Commentary)(Too many people still think a person with a mental illness needs to be locked up)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Susan Ban For The Register-Guard

Consider for a moment how dramatically mental health care has changed over the last century:

Early 1900s: People with mental illness were considered `lunatics' and sent to asylums.

Early 1930s: The notorious lobotomy was introduced, and electro-convulsive shock treatment continued as a dominant practice.

1950s: Psychotropic medication was introduced. Outpatient clinics began popping up all over the country.

1960s: Deinstitutionalization began. Thousands of the mentally ill were released from state hospitals without adequate planning. Sadly, inadequate facilities and systems for their care were the norm.

1980s: Supported housing facilities began opening, such as ShelterCare's Hawthorn Program in Eugene, that soon became a national model of independent living with supportive services. These programs offered stable, safe, community-based...

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