Mental health: progress but in slow tempo.
The stigma of 'certification as a lunatic' was much reduced by the Mental Health Act of 1930 but, despite enlightenment on psychiatric problems particularly since the last war, progress towards a better form of care for the mentally ill has been slow. Hospital care has improved over the past 50 years, but once in the community patients still suffer from isolation. In this article Professor Sir Denis Hill traces the advances made since 1930 and poses the question, 'How far have we come since'.
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