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Intentional Legal and Ethical Lapses of Asylum Scandals
Photo from freepik Asylums were meant to help people, but they quickly became the antithesis of their inception. Reading through Patricia Lubeck's Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption, and Murder in Minnesota's State Hospitals, you see how these institutions...
Under the Spotlight: How Writing Uncovers Asylum Scandals
Photo by user34710080 Asylum Scandals by Patrica Lubeck puts mental institutions in Minnesota under the spotlight, especially those that have had a history of asylum scandals. Beyond the nature and theme of the book, it is also a reminder of the necessity and...
Cures or Control? The Ethics of Psychiatric Treatment
Photo by Abdiel Ibarra on Unsplash Understanding ethics in the concept of psychiatric treatment touches on human rights, consent, and the thin line between help and coercion. The distinction between harm and benefit in the context of mental health care has frequently...
Controversies in Psychiatric History: The Dark Chapters
Photo by Jon Butterworth on Unsplash Learning How Psychiatry Began and Controversies in Psychiatric History Over the decades, psychiatry—the area of medicine that focuses on mental health—has advanced significantly. Compassion, evidence-based treatment, and...
The Evolution of Painful Treatments: When Medicine Meets Misery
Photo by dolgo ph on Unsplash The evolution of painful treatments is a tragic yet fascinating tale that reflects humanity's ongoing struggle to understand and control the human body. Throughout history, medicine has been a means of healing and a source of immense...
Unethical Treatments in Psychology: Line Between Treatment and Torture
Understanding the human mind has long been at the center of universal intrigue, and in an attempt to do so, psychology has, more than once, blurred ethical lines. To effectively unravel humanity’s intricacies, psychologists had to start somewhere. Unfortunately, for...
The Overlooked Mental Health Crisis: Breaking the Chains
Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash Tied up with the overlooked mental health crisis is the growing concern of tossing aside mental health and dismissing its impact on many individuals. It's about time we continue to address and discuss this problem to raise awareness...
Horrors Of An Asylum: The History and Evolution of Asylums
Photo by Jon Butterworth on Unsplash Before the evolution of asylums into the mental health hospitals and clinics we have today, being institutionalised for being mentally ill or unable to function in society meant being confined to an asylum. For centuries, people...
Gritting Your Teeth & Such: Mental Healthcare in the Far Past
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko Asylum Scandals by Patricia Lubeck focuses on the many horrors and tragedies that occurred inside some specific asylums in the past. Reading the madness that went inside those walls, you'd be infinitely glad that there have been...
The Dual Reality of Asylums: A Sanctuary or a Prison?
Photo by Sean Robertson on Unsplash The reality of asylums has long been a gripping subject of debate - are they places of refuge, a sanctuary perhaps, or institutions of confinement or what we consider as a prison? What really goes behind the asylum walls? In the...
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