Bhavana 1114383 (moral therapy)

Moral therapy 

Moral therapy comes under humanitarian approach.The term moral really meant emotional or psychological rather than a code of conduct.its basic tenets included treating institutionalized patients as normally as possible in a setting that encouraged and reinforced normal social interaction, thus providing them with many opportunities for appropriate social and interpersonal contact.relationships were carefully nurtured individual attention clearly emphasized positive consequences for appropriate interactions and behavior.

Asylum reform and Decline of Moral Therapy

After a period of time there was a decline in moral therapy .Dorothea Dix began the mental hygiene movement campaigned endlessly for reform in the treatment of the insane.Her work was known as the mental hygiene movement.In addition to improving the standards of care she worked hard to make sure that everyone who needed care received.through her efforts humane treatment became more widely available in american institutions.Dix's heroic efforts was a substantial increase in the number of mental patients.This led to a rapid transition from moral therapy to custodial care.

A final blow to the practice of moral therapy was the decision,in the middle of the 19th century,that mental illness was caused by brain pathology and, therefore,was incurable.Later which led to the beginning of different approaches.