Some of the most important reform movements in the care and treatment of people with mental illnesses in England were carried on at the York Retreat. Important names associated with the York Retreat are

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The York Retreat was a Quaker institution founded by William Tuke and continued by his son Daniel Hack Tuke. They were important figures in the reform movements for the care and treatment of people with mental illnesses in England. Franz Joseph Gall and Benjamin Rush were important figures in the field of psychiatry but were not associated with the York Retreat. Florence Nightingale and Dorthea Lynde Dix were important figures in the field of nursing and mental health reform in other parts of the world but were not associated with the York Retreat.

Some of the Most Important Reform Movements in the Care