The rest cure?

The rest cure was all the rage back during the time of Virginia Woolf. I don't think the rest cure is used anymore since people are sent to mental hospitals now, yet this was still a pertient issue in the yellow wallpaper. The yellow wallpaper is all about a woman who goes crazy while on the rest cure. As we discuussed in class the rest cure was actually the complete opposite thing a crazy person should have done. The society back then probably paid no attention to the people going crazy because it was not at the forefront of the medical problems. Even now going crazy is not at the forefront. It is an after thought really and the yellow wallpaper challenged that because it showed that the rest cure was wrong and going insane was a real problem. The yellow wallpaper helped bring attention to a real problem that needed an answer.