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

Two former workers at an infamous Kent mental asylum have shared eye-opening tales of what life was like behind 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.

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 ...

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 ...

Although the building was commissioned under the name “Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum,” it never actually held patients under ...

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 ...