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MENTAL HEALTH
Classification of Mental
Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Childhood Disorders
Eating Disorders
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Psychotic Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Other Disorders
Physical Impairment
Neurotransmitter failures related to psychotic
episodes at puberty
Brain trauma due to accident
Psychological Causes
Being reared in economically deprived conditions
Parental abuse
Fight or Flight
Blood letting
Blistering
Emetics
Warm and cold baths
Being overworked
Envy
Gluttony
Drinking
Sexual excesses
Rest
Light food
Exercise
Fresh air
Amusements
Deinstitutionalization
Discharging of patients from state
hospitals and the relocating them
in less crowded community
settings
In
In
In
In
1955
1970
1980
1990
558,922
337,619
150,000
110,000
resident
resident
resident
resident
patients
patients
patients
patients
Deinstitutionalization Forces
Economics
Antipsychotic drugs
Chlorpromazine
Thorazine