It becomes a bigger problem when an individual identifies with both having a mental disorder and a criminal. In a …show more content…
These mental hospitals were specifically reserved for individuals that had severe mental illnesses that at the time included “schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, and major depression” (Torrey, Kennard, Eslinger, Lamb Pavle,2010). Due to Dorothea 's efforts, a survey done in 1880 in the United States indicated that “40,942 insane persons were in hospitals and asylums for the insane while finding only 397 insane persons in jails and prisons” (Torrey,et al.,2010) In 1955, the number of mentally ill people in state mental hospital was at its highest at 560,000.