This development led to a determination for better treatment for those who behaved abnormally. As this movement toward better treatments grew, so did the experimentation with new and different treatments to try to cure mental illness. Treatments such as institutionalization, where people were locked up and treated by medical personnel, the introduction of lobotomies, shock therapies, induced comas and sedative drugs became the most prolific approaches (A Bright, n.d. ). By the mid-20th century, more than half a million people were institutionalized. This large number of people considered mentally ill caused concern among many people, and opposition actors began to push for strong reforms. These advocates became adamant in writing books directly questioning the treatment and concept of mental illness. In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the author tells the stories of many patients he treated while he was a doctor in an institution. His descriptions included forced medication, invasive surgeries, and horrific patient abuse (Kesey, 1962). This view sparked the rise of advocates who insisted that many people should not be classified as mentally ill, simply because their behavior did not conform to society's definition of the norm (Reckase, 2013 ). With this uprising of advocacy