The mission of the Milk Crate Theatre is to recreate stories of mental illness to debunk commonly believed myths, and bring to light issues that people with mental illness encounter on a regular basis. The cast is primarily composed of real people who have have suffered from OCD, psychosis and depression to convey the message of hope and resilience (“Closing Curtain on Stigma” 2).
The stigma associated with and mental health was increasingly present during the middle ages. The guilt caused by Macbeth’s recurring image of blood showed his innermost thoughts in the form of hallucination. During the time that Macbeth experienced his psychotic break, witnesses likely criticised him. There was a lack of awareness and an overall notion of disapproval regarding mental illness.
The fragility of the human mind, represented by the symbol of sleep, is used to show the unethicality of the treatment of the mentally ill in social institutions. Sleep is one of the purest forms of altered…show more content… In the mid 1900’s, pharmacological treatment was used to suppress thoughts and reduce overall physical ability.
Michael Gerber of the Townsend Letter recalls the questionable practices of the Stockton State Mental Hospital while working there during the summer of 1969. When he began working at the mental hospital, the patient population had decreased by over 13,000 people due to the heavy use of phenothiazines.(Gerber 1)
Drugs were given out with much less restrictions and regulations than today. Patients were given large amounts of antipsychotic drugs even if they did did not necessarily display the symptoms for antipsychotics. The medicines had severe side effects that made carrying out daily functions very difficult. The drugs physically restricted patients similarly to how Macbeth was restricted by his own
