USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where would the mentally ill be sent?
A
Islands off the coast of France
B
Prisons
C
To work in hot dog factories
D
Corbett Junior High
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A mentally ill prisoner is a person for whom an order under §27 of the Mental Health Act, 1978(hereinafter ‘MHA’) has been made to detain in or remove that person to or from a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home or jail or any other place of safe custody [5].

Detailed explanation-2: -They are meant to be kept in mental asylums and provided proper treatment. Indeed, detention of mentally ill persons in jails amounts to an egregious violation of human rights. The State Governments They are meant to be kept in mental asylums and provided proper treatment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Psychiatric patients traditionally have been cared for in long-stay mental health facilities, formerly called asylums or mental hospitals. Today the majority of large general hospitals have a psychiatric unit, and many individuals are able to maintain lives as regular members of the community.

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