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  1. Financial Problems for Mental Hospitals
    date 1919 to October, 1920map Tuscaloosa, Alabamatags financial, mental health, bryce hospital

    In 1840, female activist Dorothea Dix set out on a misson to create more mental health hospitals for the mentally ill.  During this time in America, there were only 8 hospitals for the mentally ill, but Dorothea fought for the creation of at least 32, so the people who have been injustly imprisioned for mental health reasons may be transferred from jail to the hospital instead. Bryce Hospital, a hospital...

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