Timeline of Systems Transformation and Western Consumer Involvement
1860: What is now known as Mendota Mental Health Institute opens in Madison. It is the first state-run psychiatric hospital in Wisconsin. 1873: What is now known as Winnebago Mental Health Institute opens near Oshkosh. It is the second state-run psychiatric hospital in Wisconsin. 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous begins as the outcome of a meeting between Bill W., a stockbroker from New York, and Dr. Bob S., a surgeon from Akron. Both had been “hopeless alcoholics.” 1963: The Mental Health Centers Act is signed into law by President Kennedy. Several Community Mental Health Centers are funded in Wisconsin. 1967: In Wisconsin, Training in Community Living, now known as the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT), evolved out of research work led by Arnold Marx, M.D., Leonard Stein, M.D., and Mary Ann Test, Ph.D., on an inpatient research unit of what is now known as Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison. Noting that gains made by clients in the hospital were often lost when they moved back into the community, the researchers hypothesized that the hospital’s 24/7 supports alleviated the symptoms of clients and that ongoing treatment and support was important. 1970: The Wisconsin State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse is created to provide leadership and coordination regarding alcohol and other drug abuse issues confronting Wisconsin. Members are appointed by the governor. 1972: PACT moves from a hospital ward to an office in the community. PACT was the basis for what became Community Support Programs in Wisconsin. 1973: The Vocational Rehabilitation Act is passed. The rules implementing this law required recipients of federal funds to “administer programs and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of qualified individuals with disabilities.” 1976: Major revisions of Wisconsin’s Mental Health Act include a bill of rights for people receiving services for mental health, developmental disabilities, or alcohol and other drug use. This bill of rights (Wis. Stat. § 51.61) is known as Wisconsin’s Client Rights Law. 1977: Three mothers in Madison founded the Dane County Alliance for the Mentally Ill. This organization grew to become NAMI or the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, known today as the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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