However, under the leadership of Robert Gardiner Hill and Edward Parker Charlesworth, who were instrumental in pioneering the ...

He was sent by his family to the Dixmont Insane Asylum, at Pittsburg. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

To understand the rise and fall of county mental health systems, it is necessary to understand the history of the asylum and of deinstitutionalization.

Nearly 2,000 patients will have to find a new GP because their local clinic is being turned over to asylum seekers. Hundreds of refugees will have exclusive access to a doctor, three support staff ...

On Jan. 9, 1901, The Argus published an unattributed article entitled “Report of Professor Atwater’s Food Investigations” to ...

according to Prof Nigel Horner Asylums often used harsh and restrictive methods to manage patients, including physical restraints such as straight-jackets. The Hanwell Asylum in Middlesex ...