| The mental health movement in the
United States began with a period of considerable enlightenment. Dorothea Dix
was shocked to find the mentally ill in jails and almshouses and crusaded for
the establishment of asylums in which people could receive human care in
hospital-like environments and treatment which might help restore them to
sanity. By the mid 1800s, 20 states had established asylums, but during the late
1800s and early 1900s, in the face of economic depression, legislatures were
unable to appropriate sufficient funds for decent care. Asylums became
overcrowded and prison-like. Additionally, patients were more resistant to
treatment than the pioneers in the mental health field had anticipated, and
security and restraint were needed to protect patients and others. Mental
institutions became frightening and depressing places i A. provide a historical perspective on problems of mental health care B. increase public awareness of the plight of the mentally ill C. shock the reader with vivid descriptions of asylums D. describe the invention of new treatments for mental illness [填空题]For years, mental health professionals were trained to see children as mere products of their environment that were born good until influenced otherwise; where there is constant bad behavior, there must be a bad parent behind it.
But while I do not mean to let bad parents off the hook, the fact remains that perfectly decent parents can (36) toxic (有毒的) children. When I say "toxic," I don’t mean psychopathic (精神变态的)—those children who (37) into petty criminals (小混混), killers and everything in between. One of my patients told me about his son, now 35, who despite his many (38) was short-tempered and rude to his parents—refusing to return their phone calls and e-mails, even when his mother was (39) ill. He told me, "We have racked our (40) trying to figure why our son treats us this way. We don’t know what we did to (41) this." Apparently very little, as far as I could tell. We marvel at the spirited ch 我来回答: 提交
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