‘He was kept locked in a room with a leg-shackle until the 1980s’: Stories from Ireland’s state-run asylums
State-run asylums were Ireland’s ‘largest form of institutional confinement’ but they have never been subjected to a ...
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The Origin of Community-Based Mental Health Treatment
To understand the rise and fall of county mental health systems, it is necessary to understand the history of the asylum and ...
Forgotten Mass.: The ominous silence of Medfield State Hospital
Medfield State Hospital, built in the 1880s and closed more than 20 years ago, is a little creepy but also pleasantly calm as one walks around the abandoned campus.
RFK Jr.’s 18th-Century Idea About Mental Health
The health secretary’s clearest plans for psychiatric treatment are a retreat to the past.
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DIXMONT INSANE ASYLUM.; PATIENTS SAID TO BE CRUELLY TREATED BY THE ATTENDANTS.
March 9.--A story more startling than any previously related was reported to-day before the Legislative committee investigating the Dixmont Insane Asylum. The witness was R.B. Parks, a former ...