Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) by Essence Mcdowell https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s Teacher, Nurse, Social Reformer, "Voice of the Mad" en-us 2019-02-08 04:12:37 UTC 2023-02-14 17:39:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Dorothea Dix emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329069569 2019-02-08 04:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329069569 The Pre-Asylum Era emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329069752 Dix was critical of neglectful and inhumane practices against mentally ill “inmates” after volunteering to teach a Sunday school class at the East Cambridge House of Correction in Massachusetts in 1841. Some of the inhumane treatment toward the mentally ill that Dix observed included “caging, incarceration without clothing, and painful physical restraint” (Parry, 2006). ]]> 2019-02-08 04:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329069752 Her Mission emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329069887 Dorothea Dix played a major role in the development of treatment in mental health institutions rather than punishment for mental illness alongside criminals. She created the first generation of American asylums by lobbying state legislatures. She believed it was her divine mission from God to advocate and provide for the indigent mentally ill population. ]]> 2019-02-08 04:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329069887 Accomplishments emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329070541 Upon discovering how the mentally ill were treated in the Massachusetts institution, she traveled across the U.S., Europe, and Asia and observed similar treatment for the "insane". This led her to submit documentation of her observations to state legislature in 1843. She led national and international movements to promote the rights for treatment for mentally ill. She helped to pass a bill for the enlargement of the Worcester Insane Asylum.]]> 2019-02-08 04:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329070541 emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329071094 2019-02-08 04:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329071094 emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329071830 "Social reformer and social worker Dorothea Dix, whose tireless legislative advocacy led to the funding of 32 state mental hospitals, which emphasized humane care of the mentally ill during the 1800s” (Dulmus, Roberts, Staudt, & Snowden, 2008).]]> 2019-02-08 04:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329071830 Impact emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329072953 Her impact is evident in her ability to champion public policy and provide for improved treatment of the mentally disturbed. Her ability to influence the establishment of state mental hospitals as opposed to banishment to criminal institutions. Due to her extensive traveling and research methods, her reach and impact was vast and was a catalyst for changing societal attitudes toward the mentally ill. Currently, psychiatric social workers provide services such as mental illness diagnosis. Without the attention and advocacy of Dorothea Dix, there would be no assistance from social workers at state hospitals. ]]> 2019-02-08 04:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329072953 emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329073797 2019-02-08 05:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329073797 References: emcdowell5 https://padlet.com/emcdowell5/zp1l0qai3i6s/wish/329073937 “Dorothea Dix”. (2019). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://academic-eb-com.unr.idm.oclc.org/levels/collegiate/article/Dorothea-Dix/30698

Dulmus, C., Roberts, A., Staudt, M., & Snowden, L. (2008). Mental Illness. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Work. : Oxford University Press,. Retrieved from http://www.oxfordreference.com.unr.idm.oclc.org/view/10.1093/acref/9780195306613.001.0001/acref-9780195306613-e-244.

Parry M. S. (2006). Dorothea Dix (1802–1887). American Journal of Public Health, 96(4), 624–625. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470530/

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