207: The Science of Psych Wards
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The Importance of Community Mental Health
By the 1950s, over 500,000 patients had been in mental hospitals. There were new medications that helped to curb severe psychiatric symptoms. This sort of more community focused healthcare is beneficial for people with mental illness. We did a bonus episode looking into this during COVID and there was some positive outcomes. Please do not go to normalcitizen.store and pick up some Sci Guys merch like beanies and posters or t-shirts and calendars and cool stuff like that.
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