There was a movement to make the treatment of mental illness more humane during the 1700s and 1800s, but what did day-to-day life actually look like in the insane asylums of 1854?

THE RISE OF THE ASYLUM . Prior to the 19th century, if a person was thought to be insane, their only hope would be for family members to look after them.

Patient memoirs of 19th-century asylums tell the good, the bad, and the ugly from the early days of institutional mental health treatment. Before and after photos show women who were given the rest ...

Architecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths, 1852–2017 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, is an in-depth exploration of design in the context of mental health, concentrating on the ...

Reasons for admission into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia from 1864 to 1889 included laziness, egotism, disappointed love, female disease, mental excitement, cold, snuff ...

Though insane asylums are often laden with negative stigma, one organization wants to repurpose abandoned facilities to give their dark pasts new life. During the 19th century, the mentally ill ...

We're stuck in a 19th-century model that costs too much and doesn't serve anybody well. Rather than cut, cut, cut, we need to redefine the way we deliver services to bring them into the 21st century.

Mad House specifically looks into the insane asylum wards of 19th century New York. ... Mad House – The Hidden History of Insane Asylums 19th Century NY. Thursday, April 27, 2017. 7 PM – 8 PM.

The sprawling mental hospitals of the 19th century, once vanguards of new ideas about architecture’s impact on wellness, are now being reborn. Patient on Rocking Chair. Photograph, 1955. [Photo ...

arts entertainment Performing Arts. Teen theater troupe devises play about 19th century practice of putting ‘difficult’ women in asylums Cry Havoc founder Mara Richards Bim, inspired by a ...

There was a movement to make the treatment of mental illness more humane during the 1700s and 1800s, but what did day-to-day life actually look like in the insane asylums of 1854?