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+. Chapter three briefly discusses patients and their understanding of their illnesses and how the majority believed the causes to be psychologically motivated rather than physical. I think this is an important distinction to make, especially when prominent figures like Benjamin Rush were inclined to believe the causes of mental illness to be physical. It makes me wonder if more patients were listened to could we have developed a better understanding of the roots of mental health issues sooner? - Joey Welch
+."Insanity is truly the great leveler of all the artificial distinctions of society." (134) I think this perspective from Kirkbride helps emphasize that mental health issues do not discriminate by race or class. My main question then would be why were insanity/lunacy seen as almost exclusively higher class/white male/problems? - Joey Welch
 . On pages 169-170 the idea of the “1 man rule” is discussed as having been highly important to the running of the public asylum as envisioned and laid out by Kirkbride. Was this idea a significant contribution to the failure of asylums as less ideas and opinions flourished and the man in charge was involved in too many aspects? — Ruth Curran
-. The struggle of becoming a superintendent of a public asylum is discussed as having been challenging for those who wished to assume this role. Private practices are more accessible for those who wish to be in charge. What was it that made it so difficult to be a superintendent? Is it due to Very few public hosipitals and lack of funding for such? (171) — Ruth Curran
+. **The struggle of becoming a superintendent of a public asylum is discussed as having been challenging for those who wished to assume this role. Private practices are more accessible for those who wish to be in charge. What was it that made it so difficult to be a superintendent? Is it due to Very few public hosipitals and lack of funding for such?** (171) — Ruth Curran
 . In the preface, Tomes mentions working with Grob. How is Tomes' approach to the history of mental health similar to and different from what we saw in last week's readings from Grob? - Morgan