Social justice influenced policy change for the mentally ill. Open the doors to political reform. Throughout history, the treatment of the mentally ill has taken many forms. Influence of time periods on core values ​​and ideas of social justice. Before colonization, society did not consider the mentally ill to be human. This ideology was influenced by religion which considered them evil or demons. Especially during the Black Death, when people were just looking for runaway goats. Day, & Schiele, (2013) This would only make things worse for the mentally disabled. Making them defenseless and at the will of society. Their disabling conditions would prevent them from standing up for themselves. They would have to depend on family members to advocate; and demand social justice for them. Overwhelming social norms influenced by religion and fueled by fear of punishment seemed to be the only solution. The idea of ​​social justice was surprisingly initially rooted in the Catholic Church, which was conservative and anti-democracy. The term Social Justice was initially coined by Luigi Taparelli D'Azeglio, who was born in Italy and was a devout Catholic who worked for the Catholic Church. Burke TP (2008) Thomas Patrick burke illustrates how Luigi Taparelli D'Azeglio noted that “social justice should, therefore, level all men regarding the rights given to them with their humanity, since the Creator has equaled them by nature; man realizes the intentions of his creator by acting according to the norm of this justice”. Burke TP (2008) Explains that Luigi Taparelli D'Azeglio's idea originated from the biblical idea that all men are equal, but describes how to have social justice Luigi Taparelli D'Azeglio emphasized in taking into consideration. ..... half of the document ... founded the National Institute of Mental Health, the mental health institute abroad. The Mental Health Act provides checks and balances for the mental health services it provides and those who provide its services. Works CitedAabbco LLC. (n.d.). Philip Pinel. Retrieved from http://www.pinelschool.org/pp.htmDay PJ, Schiele JH (2013) A NEW HISTORY OF SOCIAL WELFARE (7th ed.) Location: United States National Institutes of Health. (2005). The NIH Almanac Organization. Retrieved from http://www.nih.gov/about/almanac/archive/2003/organization/NIMH.htmPaulo Freire, (1970) PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED (30th edition) Location: New YorkBurke TP (2008). The origins of social justice: Taparelli d'Azeglio. The Home of American Intellectual Conservatism: First Principles, excerpted from. http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/print.aspx?article=1760&loc=b&type=cbtp