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Dorothea Dix and Asylum Reform in the United States
Describe Dorothea Dix's advocacy for state-funded mental hospitals and institutional reform across nineteenth-century America.
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History and Evolution of Psychological Treatment
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Trace the historical evolution of mental health care from ancient explanations and institutional confinement to modern deinstitutionalization.
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