The 19th century took the care of the mentally ill out of ancient times and dealt with the matter in a more humane and compassionate way. The progression of mental health care had many breakthroughs over the years to come, the most noteworthy being the mental health reform movement in the 19th century.
The 18th century was known as the "Period of Enlightenment" but this term certainly did not apply to the treatment of the mentally ill. Little progress had been made from the time of the Greeks and Romans when the ill were thought to be possessed by demons and subjected to exorcisms. The m…
