MODULE 5 PROMPT

Dorothea Dix was VERY successful in her advocacy for people with mental illness. Asylums were built in every state, originally to support the humane care of people with mental illness. These institutions grew exponentially over time, in part due to Dix's advocacy, from the 1850s into the 1960s.  In the late 1940s and early 1950s, journalists started exposing, once again, the horrible conditions that existed in institutions (A Dorothea Dix Deja Vous, 100 years later)  Some of these institutions were also segregated by race, particularly in the South (as were their cemeteries).

Choose one of these infamous institutions in another state. Research and briefly summarize it’s history, using the prompts in this template below. CREATE A NEW POST (not just a reply). In the upper right of this blog screen it has a link "new post." That is where you will create your post. If you use Chrome as a browser that may help with glitches, and you will need to use your maine.edu account address, as that is the one the author invite was sent to....

In the Post Title box, list the name the institution and state it is/was located in. (for example, Pineland - Maine). Then type your name. The body of the blog post should answer the prompts and then post / publish your blog entry.

Blog Content: 

When was this "asylum" opened, and what did it look like? Did it follow Kirkbride's design?  Paste images as appropriate - interior and exterior. 
What was this institution's original intent?
Who were the patients there? Do narratives of their experiences exist?
What was the patients' experience like in that institution, and did that change over the course of the institution's history?
Did the institution, its services, and patients change over time? 
How many people lived, worked, and died there? 
Were bad conditions ever exposed to the public? How?
Would you have wanted "treatment" in this institution?

Add references where you deem appropriate..in case your classmates want to follow up and read more about your institution. 

Comment on at least 2 of your classmates' posts / research. Please do this early in the week so that other students will have time to read what you post.