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Dorothea Dix: Advocate for Mental Health Care (Oxford Portraits)

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 | #1117003 in Books |  Margaret Muckenhoupt |  2004-04-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.40 x.50 x9.30l,.80 | File type: PDF | 128 pages

 | Dorothea Dix Advocate for Mental Health Care

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||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| A high school introduction|By Dennis Brandt|This is one of the Oxford Portraits series that brags that their books are "based on the most recent scholarship [and] they draw heavily on primary sources." Unfortunately, Oxford does not see fit to include footnotes or a bibliography, at least not in this example. Yes, it is a small book aimed a high school level, but the absence|From School Library Journal|Grade 9 Up–Although Muckenhoupt references several personal situations from Dix's life, the focus is clearly on her crusade to document atrocities in the care of the mentally ill, present the information to legislators, and lobb

By exposing the sickening conditions people with mental illness endured in jails, almshouses, and basement cells, Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) single-handedly transformed the U.S. system of mental health care in the 19th century. Dix traveled from state to state, describing the hideous suffering people who were both poor and mentally ill endured at the hands of their captors. Her tireless research and personal lobbying of legislators led to construction of asylums for the me...

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