Scull A T
Psychol Med. 1979 Aug;9(3):421-8. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700031962.
A reappraisal is offered of the precise sense in which the introduction of moral treatment at the end of the eighteenth century marked a decisive shift in our characteristic ways of responding to and coping with the mentally disturbed. Some connections are explored between this new approach to the 'mad' and larger social movements and processes.