https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shock-the-gay-away-secrets-of-early-gay-aversion-therapy-revealed_b_3497435 For my project I chose to cover the history of male homosexuality when it was both viewed and defined as a mental illness in the United States. Above is a link to a brief article that discusses the history of shock therapy among other “treatment” methods for “Sexual deviancy” or more accurately homosexuality. The …
Author Archives: Parker Siebenschuh
8/30/2021
The link below is a source I found that is a 1890 biennial report of the Illness State Hospital of the insane in Jacksonville. This text offers a in-depth view of a mental institution of the late 1800s from an administrative perspective. With this class covering the rise of asylums and their methods of treatment …
8/26/2021
This meme while depicting the characters from the popular Cartoon Network program Regular Show in a normal conversation between these characters. It is the writing on the side that shows that in the modern age of mental health. Many now see the direct correlation between the body and the mind. As seen when the writer …
