Mental Illness in the 19th Century

     The topic that I researched was called "Mental Illness in the 19th Century" by Carrie Hughes. The article I read explained that instead of trying to help their patients, doctors blamed their mental illness on witchcraft and demonic possession, and the mentally ill were usually imprisoned, sent to alms houses, or were untreated at home. Slowly but surely, the doctors began to care a lot more for their patients. Today doctors put their patients before anything else, which as this article shows, was not always the case.
     My central point is that doctors have shown more sympathy towards their patients throughout the decades and the centuries up to the point that they have been willing to do anything to keep their patients happy. Instead of making excuses for why things are wrong, they find ways of fixing these problems. Back around that time, mental illness was a huge problem and was basically certain death whereas now their are ways to save the patient.
    After reading this, I have realized that these doctors are not much unlike humans in general as they both have come along way since the 1800s and we now seem to try to push ourselves to the limit as opposed to back then. This has shown me that if I keep on trying and push myself, I can amount to anything.