Goldman D L
C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas 66601-0829.
Can J Psychiatry. 1990 Mar;35(2):139-43. doi: 10.1177/070674379003500206.
Dorothea Lynde Dix, 19th century defender of the rights of the mentally ill to hospital care, holds a significant place in the history of Nova Scotia. Her two major accomplishments in this province include laying the groundwork for its first psychiatric hospital and the outfitting of treacherous Sable Island with rescue equipment to aid ships stranded off its shore. The techniques that Miss Dix employed in these missions parallel those she successfully used in the establishment of psychiatric hospitals in a number of American states. It will be argued that her influence has been a positive one on the treatment of the mentally ill particularly in light of the failures of the deinstitutionalization movement.
多萝西娅·林德·迪克斯是19世纪精神疾病患者获得住院治疗权利的捍卫者，在新斯科舍省历史上占据重要地位。她在该省的两大主要成就包括为其第一家精神病院奠定基础，以及为危险的塞布尔岛配备救援设备，以援助在其海岸外搁浅的船只。迪克斯小姐在这些任务中采用的技巧与她在美国多个州成功建立精神病院时所使用的技巧相似。有人会认为，她的影响对精神疾病患者的治疗产生了积极作用，尤其是鉴于去机构化运动的失败。
