Video: "Asylum: A history of the mental institution in America." Please answer the following questions and submit to .

1. Why were asylums established?

1. What were some of the positives of these institutions to the individual and to society?

1. What were some of the negatives of these institutions to the individual and to society?

1. In the search for a cure for mental illness, how were institutionalized patients involved?

1. What were some of the situations and events that were influential in the deinstitutionalization of mentally ill individuals?

1. RNs today work with patients with mental health issues in a variety of settings. How do you see the RN role of today as being different from those individuals who staffed asylums in the 1800s?