Dorothea Dix: Pioneer of Mental Health Reform

Dorothea Dix was advocating for better conditions for mental health patients before it was cool. Further reading: Parry, M. S. (2006). Dorothea Dix (1802–1887). American Journal of Public Health, 96(4), 624-625. Dix, D. (2006). “I Tell What I Have Seen”—The Reports of Asylum Reformer Dorothea Dix. American Journal of Public Health, 96(4), 622-624. Dix, D. L. (1845). Remarks on prisons and prison discipline in the United States (No. 66751-66752). Joseph Kite. Modak, T., Sarkar, S., & Sagar, R. (2016). Dorothea Dix: A proponent of humane treatment of mentally ill. Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 21(1), 69.