Many of the people who were “committed” in the past when mental institutions were full actually got much better due to the advances in medications.
Not buying it. When it comes to the body and much lesser the brain there have been advances. But there is a lot of crap being foisted upon the populace. To dope up every boy who fidgets in his seat in school with Ritalin is in my humble opinion, child abuse. Better to whack him on the rear