I chose this image because it shows the steps for someone to be involuntarily committed. It shows how much it has changed compared to Pete Earley’s Crazy.
Author Archives: Darian James
Movie Discussion
The movie I chose to discuss is Shutter Island. This movie was directed by Martin Scorsese and was released in 2010. This movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as “Teddy Daniels”, a US marshal and former World War Two veteran. Teddy is sent to Shutter Island to find a patient that has gone missing. The story takes …
Blog Post 11/9
This poster describes Thorazine also known as Chlorpromazine. This drug was created in 1955 and was the first antipsychotic. This week in class we discussed the 1950s and the focus on drugs to help the mentally ill.
Project 11/9
During the twentieth century America had been overcome by the fight for civil rights. After many years of fighting, the 19th amendment was passed in 1920 giving women the right to vote. This was shortly followed by the passing of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924. After that was the civil rights movement of the …
11/1
I believe this picture perfectly exemplifies what we have discussed this week. This is because while there were mental disorders that African America males were struggling with, the doctors would just diagnose them with schizophrenia. They chose to ignore other mental disorders even when these patients would show the exact same symptoms as a white …
10/26
This week we discussed cognitive behavioral therapy. I chose this image because it shows the key ideas CBT. In a simple easily digestible way.
10/18
The reason I chose this picture is because we have been discussing mental asylums from women’s perspective. As we have discussed many women were put into these hospitals for less than solid reasons. I believe this picture perfectly shows the st…
Prop + An bib
My working thesis is “this paper will argue American society forced mental health facilities to become long term care facilities.” The first place to look for that is how “insane” people were viewed by the majority of Americans during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As cities became more populated throughout America citizens became less likely …
Third Entry
The media piece I decided to include this week comes from one of my favorite shows of all time, Ghost Adventures. In the short clip they discuss the reasons that people were admitted to the hospital; mostly they focus on people that were committed for “no reason.” They focus on how living in Kirkbrides asylum …
Week 1
This photo shows the “bedroom” of an American psychiatric hospital in 1861. It perfectly displays the poor conditions we have discussed this week. Specifically issues of overcrowding as we can see the room is completely full of beds with narrow walkways. The overall lack of privacy speaks to how patients were continually dehumanized throughout hospitals. …
