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In the 19th century, Dorothea Dix spearheaded significant mental health care reforms in the United States. After investigating the conditions for the mentally ill and poor, she uncovered a system rife with abuse that was both underfunded and unregulated. Motivated by these discoveries, Dix began lobbying state legislatures and the U.S. Congress, which successfully led to the establishment of the country's first mental asylums.

Dorothea Dix

Despite the efforts of activists, asylum opened in the United States suffered also from hygienic issues and inhumane treatments of patients. It wasn't until 1983 that large asylums were closed (deinstitutionalization began) and alternative measures in helping and treating mental health problems were being considered.

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