Mental illness is a medical condition, where a person’s daily function, mood, thinking, feeling, and ability to relate to others is altered. A mental illness can include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and many more (The National Alliance of Mental Illness). The history of Mental illness is complex. In Williamsburg, VA 1773, the first United States hospital was made for the mentally ill. Eastern State Hospital was the first public intuition in the US, and served during the Revolutionary War and the War between the States (The History of Eastern State Hospital). In 1775, Dr. Benjamin Rush, the Father of American Psychiatry, introduced occupational therapy to his mental patients in the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia (Important Events in NIMH History). Furthermore, The Division of Mental Hygiene was established in 1930. This establishment brought forth the research and treatment programs, for treating nervous and mental diseases (Important Events in NIMH History). On July 3, 1946, President Truman signed the National Mental Health Act, which later established the National Institute of Mental Health (Important Events in NIMH History). President Kennedy submitted a message to Congress in 1963 over mental health issues. His message later became the start to a new beginning of Federal support for mental health services (Important Events in NIMH History). In 1970, Dr. Julius Axelrod, a researcher for NIMH, won a Nobel prize for his research over the chemistry of nerve transmissions. As stated, “discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanisms for their storage, release and inactivation,” (Important Events in NIMH History). In 1978, Dr. Solomon H. Snyder identified how the opiate receptors changed the brain, by releasing certain chemicals to relieve pain and to influence an emotional behavior. Lobotomy in America became a procedure thank