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The treatment of the mentally ill in the United States has traveled a long and winding road.
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The treatment of the mentally ill in the United States has traveled a long and winding road. Policies regarding the treatment of those deemed mentally ill have been formed, reformed, and then changed back. New break throughs in medicine, new ideas in care, and new ideas on the origins of the illnesses have all played their part in shaping how these people are treated. In the United States, the mentally ill have come almost a full circle in how they are treated. Starting at the beginning of United States history and ending in the new 21st century, the treatment and policies regarding the mentally ill have run the gambit. In the beginning, the US followed the European methods of treating the mentally ill. The methods followed the Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601, wherein the town was responsible for taking care of the mentally ill (Bell, 3). Those found to be suffering...
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