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Public Mental Health: History in California 1632-2016

By mereditheden13

  • Bethlem Roya Hosptial

    In London disturbed people were chained and beaten

  • George III recovery for mental illness

    In the Enlightenment period, first time mental illness was thought to be cured.

  • Kirkbride became superindent of the Penn Hospital for the insane

    Thomas Kirkbride advocate for the mentally ill

  • Begining of the contruction of the "Asylums"

    State mental hopitals would house the mentally ill and criminal offenders.

  • Kirkbride Plan

    with the publication of his text on insanity and treatment (including floor plan) 250 bed max facility

  • insulin shock therapy

    Manfred Sakel

  • Metrazol (shock therapy)

    Ladislas J Meduna

  • electroconvulsive therapy

    Ugo Cerletti

  • Governor Earl Warren conference of local mental health officers and physicians

    helped make California a leader in the mental health system program.

  • "Bell of Hope"

    "third Revolution" in mental health care. Shackles were melted down. bcame the sympbol of the National Mental Health Association

  • Short_Doyle Act

    Deinstitualionalizing mental health care by providing treatment for people with mental disabilitity in the community rather that in state hospitals.

  • Community based mental health care

    President John F Kennedy helped promote comprehensice community care in call to congress, "Special Message".

  • Cal Legislature passes "Lanterman-Petris-short Act

    Stopping the ability to retain people in hospital setting for mental illness.

  • Advances in nerobiology

    see the chemical imbalances that caused mental illness

  • federal healp in funding the Short Doyle Medi-Cal pilot project

    Forced counties to match the 50 % funding of mental health program

  • Governor Ronald Reagan Vetoed provisions to support distribution of state funds.

  • Period: to

    CMH in California funding decrease

    over the years it was decreased by $320 million

  • El Centro recieved federal funding

    community mental health center in LA. started a model for later CMH programs.

  • Outreach programs

    California began to phase out outpatient programs and start outreach, stablization and rehabilitaion programs.

  • "Decade of the brain"

  • Period: to

    no cost of living increased and adjustments were made for CMH

  • Wright, McCorquodale, Boronzan Act

    "Systems of Care" service dilivery model for family focused services and personal planning.

  • Cal Depart of MH creates Office of Multicultural services

  • psychopharmacological treatment for schizophrenia FDA

    advancements of the times (along with sideeffects)

  • Cal MH directors Ass creates Ethic Services Committee

  • Mental health legislation mandates cultural competence

  • Realignmetn of financed CMH

    funded by 1. half cent increase on state tax 2. state vehicle licence fee

  • Medicaid State Plan Amendment

    added more benifits and helped mental disabilies remain active in community

  • Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment

    required diagnosis and treatment services for all MediCal services

  • The Report of the Surgeon General on Mantal Health

    NIM and SAMHSA creates collaboration in community care

  • services for homeless adults

    $10 million in state funds allocated by DMH (Sac, Stanislaus and LA)

  • New Freedom Initiative

    GW Bush looks at stigma around MH, unfair treatment by private health care and fragmaented MH service dilivery systems.

  • California Mental Health Master Plan

    confirmed states responsibility in MH system services

  • Prop 63: MHSA

    Fully fund California's system of care program and adult and older adult system of care program

  • Part D program through Mediare

    recieving medication through private CMS

  • Wraparound Services for children youth and families

    help fund and expand family based services for alternative to group homes

  • (WHO) named MH as a global issue

    The World Health Organization

  • NAMI Published report

    crisis intervention, improving insurance benefits, law enformetn collaboration and early interventions

  • MHA 2016 annual conference: Media, messaging and mental health

    look and the (1909) national leading community based nonprofit dedicated mental health care