Med Soc Midterm Exam By thidoan Mar 4, 1699 Before 1700s, community care was popular; didn't define mental illness/disorders as medical issues Period: Mar 5, 1700 to Mar 5, 1800 Asylums emerged; decreased community care Period: Mar 5, 1800 to Mar 5, 1850 Rise of free air movement; humanized mentally ill asylum patients Mar 4, 1844 founded AMSAII (aka APA) Period: Mar 5, 1850 to Mar 5, 1900 Positivism emerged; helped doctors gain prestige Period: Mar 5, 1850 to Mar 5, 1900 Mental illness/disorder became considered a medical condition Period: Mar 5, 1860 to Mar 5, 1870 Doctors didn't have prestigious or wealthy status like now; doctors didn't require MD Period: Mar 5, 1880 to Mar 5, 1920 Vast influx of immigrants; exclusion from Amer. society Period: Mar 5, 1880 to Mar 5, 1890 Doctors rise to sovereignty; lasted until 1950s Mar 4, 1890 "psychiatry" term created Mar 4, 1900 Harold Lulensky observed professionalism Mar 4, 1940 Hadley Cantril wrote "Invasion from Mars" Mar 4, 1945 Med. soc. emerged after WWII Period: Mar 5, 1945 to Mar 5, 1960 People began questioning medicine's role in society Mar 4, 1950 Arose advent of drugs = treatment for mental/personality disorders Mar 4, 1950 thorazine marketed Mar 4, 1950 Doctors begin losing prestigious power, indicating tremendous change Mar 4, 1951 Talcott Parsons wrote "The Social Systems" Mar 4, 1960 Anti-psychiatry movement emerged Mar 4, 1960 Rise of consumerism, corporate medicine, medical malpractice litigation; viewed health care a right Period: Mar 5, 1960 to Mar 5, 1970 Began discussing health issues and policies; insurance gained popularity Mar 4, 1962 Thomas Kuhn wrote "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" Mar 4, 1965 passed first gov't-sponsored insurance: Medicare, Medicaid, & group-health insurance Mar 4, 1965 Ralph Nader wrote "Unsafe at any Speed", initiating consumerism Mar 4, 1965 modified US immigration laws to allow entrance of immigrants from any country; increased amt of foreign doctors Mar 4, 1970 85% of people had healthcare insurance Mar 4, 1980 More interest in medical sociology & epidemiology Mar 4, 1982 Paul Starr wrote "Social Transformation of American Medicine"