mental hygiene movement

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mental health reform movement public health movement social reform movement

The mental hygiene movement was an early 20th-century reform effort focused on improving the care, treatment, and prevention of mental illness through better institutions, public education, and social policy.

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mental hygiene movement canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mental health reform movement ⓘ public health movement ⓘ social reform movement ⓘ
aimedTo	develop outpatient mental health services ⓘ improve conditions in mental hospitals ⓘ integrate mental health into general medicine ⓘ prevent mental deficiency as then defined ⓘ promote early diagnosis of mental disorders ⓘ promote mental fitness and emotional adjustment ⓘ reduce stigma associated with mental illness ⓘ
broaderConcept	history of mental health care ⓘ history of psychiatry ⓘ history of public health ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasKeyFigure	Adolf Meyer ⓘ Clifford Whittingham Beers ⓘ Elizabeth Packard ⓘ Grace Fernald ⓘ Meyer Solomon ⓘ Thomas W. Salmon ⓘ William James ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization	Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene ⓘ Mental Hygiene Society of New York ⓘ National Committee for Mental Hygiene ⓘ National Mental Health Association ⓘ World Federation for Mental Health ⓘ
hasKeyPublication	A Mind That Found Itself ⓘ
hasMainFocus	child guidance and early intervention ⓘ community-based mental health services ⓘ improvement of care for people with mental illness ⓘ mental health education ⓘ mental health promotion ⓘ prevention of mental illness ⓘ reform of psychiatric institutions ⓘ social policy reform related to mental health ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ surface form: Progressive Era in the United States
inception	1908 ⓘ
influenced	community mental health movement ⓘ deinstitutionalization debates ⓘ development of child guidance clinics ⓘ mental health education campaigns ⓘ modern mental health policy in the United States ⓘ school mental health services ⓘ
influencedBy	Aspects of Child Life and Education ⓘ surface form: child study movement eugenics movement ⓘ progressive era reform ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ public health movement ⓘ social work ⓘ
startTime	early 20th century ⓘ
usedApproach	collaboration with schools and juvenile courts ⓘ establishment of clinics ⓘ institutional inspection and surveys ⓘ legislative advocacy ⓘ public education campaigns ⓘ

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subject surface form: Dorothea Dix