Public Mental Institutions at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

question 83

Multiple Choice

Public mental institutions at the turn of the twentieth century:

• A) were sufficiently staffed with professionals to provide individual attention to patients.
• B) provided patients less personal attention than the moral treatment model had offered.
• C) had slightly lower quality of care as compared to private institutions.
• D) were generally built in the city limits, to regain public support for the mentally ill.

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