Portal:Featured Image Of The Week
From Asylum Projects
Revision as of 05:33, 14 January 2013 by M-Explorer (talk | contribs)
Featured Image Of The Week
 |
As far back as 1694 the Lord Proprietors of the Carolinas decreed that the indigent mentally ill should be cared for locally at public expense. In 1751 the colonial government similarly recognized the mental health needs of slaves. In 1762 the Fellowship Society of Charleston established an infirmary for the mentally ill. But it was not until the 1800s that the mental health movement received legislative attention at the state level.
