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In the early 1800 where did many poor mentally ill patients live?
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In the 1840s, Dorothea Dix investigated the conditions in which mentally ill patients were living. She often found them in prisons, and they were treated like criminals. Dix worked to improve the conditions in which mentally ill patients lived, and she worked to get state governments to build mental hospitals.
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Where did many poor mentally ill patients live?
People with a mental illnes live in a mental istitution and get treated by a psychiatrist.
What In the early 1800s where did many poor mentally ill patients live?
The conditions were not agreeable at all. Drugs (especially depressants like opium) were used quite frequently to manage patient behavior. Also, supplies such as food and blankets were substandard quality.
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