History of OT Flashcards
Awakening of social consciousness and awareness about social structures lead to vast inequities.
Period of Awakening
The awakening of resulted to the acknowledgement of
Mental disorders and their treatment
When is the Period of Awakening?
17th to 19th Century | Late 1970’s – 1990’s
All people, even the most challenged, are entitled to consideration and human compassion
Moral Treatment
Major Assumptions of Moral Treatment
o People with mental illness were morally insane
o Insanity was a physical disease that could be cured through regimen of work and regimen
o Done with the context of services of religion and education, the support and restriction of group living
French psychiatrist, works treatment in asylum in Paris 1786
Philippe Pinel
Used occupation (music, literature, farming) to divert patients minds away from their emotional disturbances and toward improving their skills.
Philippe Pinel
Philippe Pinel, a French psychiatrist, works treatment in asylum in _____
Paris 1786
Founded the York retreat in England 1976 together with Tomas Fowler.
William Tuke
Believed moral treatment is better than using drugs
William Tuke
William Tuke founded the ___ in ______ together with ______
York retreat, England 1976, Tomas Fowler
What are the key features of the York Retreat?
- Idea of non-constraint
- Mental illness is curable
- Patient can be encouraged to learn self-control
- Patient can be engaged in variety of employment/ amusement using attendants
Popularized Moral Treatment
Samuel Tuke
First physical and first American to institute moral treatment in the US
Benjamin Rush
Light manual labor in Pennsylvania Hospital, 1752
Benjamin Rush
Father of American Psychiatry
Benjamin Rush
Adopted to concept of “occupation and non-constrain” at Asylum for the insane
Thomas Scattergood & Thomas Eddy
Key Features that led to the development of OT profession:
o Diversional Therapy
o Manual Training
o Vocational Education
o Occupational Training
Arts and Crafts Movement
Early 1900s | England
Proponents of Moral Treatment
o Philippe Pinel o William Tuke o Samuel Tuke o Benjamin Rush o Thomas Scattergood & Thomas Eddy
Physician who graduated at Harvard Medical School
Dr. Herbert James Hall
Provides medical supervision of crafts for the purpose of improving their health and financial independence
Dr. Herbert James Hall
Worked with invalid patients
Dr. Herbert James Hall
When did Dr. Herbert James Hall establish a facility at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Where patients with neurasthenia worked with arts and crafts as a part of treatment.
1904
