The Treatment of the Mentally Ill throughout the history of humans.

Since the history of man, there have been people in all races and civilizations that have been labeled as "simpletons", "idiots" and "fools". In everyone's eyes they were to be considered unworthy of our respect as individuals, that they were less then human, without human dignity and have little worth. These people were beaten and tortured even burnt on the stake with everyone thinking this would drive out the evil or bad spirits within them. …

…asylums if they don't have someone to steadily watch over them. Now every person with a disability can receive proper medical care, therapy and respect. There are many health care centers for specific disabilities. They can now live a normal and fulfill the normal everyday needs thanks to the improvements made. Bibliography Johnston, Mabyl K. Mental Health & Mental Illness. Great Britain: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1971. Sherrow, Victoria. Mental Illness. San Diego: Lucent Books Inc., 1996.