mental health timeline By emily_mullins24 5000 BCE Trephination 1800 Reforms for asylums began 1874 ¨Athens Asylum for the Insane¨ was opened 1887 Nellie Bly went undercover in an asylum 1923 Rockhaven, All girls sanitarium was opened 1930 Henry Cotton removed rotten teeth, thinking that could be the issue 1945 Labotomies began 1950 Electroconclusive shock therapy ended 1955 The first first effective antipsychotic was introduced 1963 U.S. Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 1964 Comprehensive Mental Health Bill 1966 Medicare and Medicaid Acts 1976 Short term patient care began 1986 # of patients dropped to 100,000 2001 Rockhaven closed down
