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Lexington Herald-Leader on MSN.com · 5h

Eastern State Hospital: An early piece in Lexington’s health care system

Leader’s yearlong series on Lexington’s 250-year history spotlights Eastern State Hospital and its role in the city’s mental health care.

How a city led a revolution in psychiatric care

Prof Horner, who specialises in social welfare history, said the pioneering treatment in Lincoln prompted articles and lectures, with the city gaining national recognition for its work, but added that it was Dr Conolly's work at Hanwell that received much of the recognition.

WBOY Clarksburg on MSN.com · Oct 1, 2024

History Over Horror: What life was really like inside the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

(WBOY) — Over the years, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum has garnered somewhat ... a condition we know today is not a mental health condition, there were many others looking for genuine ...

Reader's Digest on MSN.com · Sep 15, 2024

15 of the Eeriest Abandoned Hospitals and Asylums Around the World

Similarly, most of the psychiatric hospitals constructed in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries—previously known as “mental asylums”—no longer exist.

The Conversation · 4d

Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia?

Australia has a humanitarian and legal responsibility to support the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers so they can recover and thrive. Mental health problems are highly treatable when ...

BBC · Jan 21, 2015

The incredible mental health legacy of the man who inspired Robert Burns

Fergusson had been suffering from a mental health condition and had withdrawn ... to design a new building, the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, which began construction in 1807. It was later renamed ...

Asylum system leading people to 'consider taking their own lives', says charity

The Mental Health Foundation says the way the asylum system is set up is "consistently undermining and damaging asylum seekers' mental health", leading to an increased risk of suicide. The charity ...

New facility to house asylum seekers in Toronto with mental health services on site

A new facility designed to house and support refugees and asylum seekers in Toronto is set to open next month with a focus on addressing mental health issues. The Canadian Mental Health ...

The New York Times · Mar 22, 2025

OUR LUNATIC ASYLUM.; Interesting Facts from the Last Annual Report Important Suggestions of the Resident Physician.

concerning the management of the New-York City Lunatic Asylum, on Blackwell's Island, the treatment of the patients therein, and important statistics of the institution since its opening in 1847.

Kent Online · 14d

Two former workers at St Augustine’s mental hospital in Chartham share tales of life behind walls of infamous asylum

The pair were aged just 18 and 20 and admit they were ill-prepared to start work at the former East Kent Lunatic Asylum near ... when Kent needed a second mental asylum to support its existing ...

Daily Mail · 6d

Afghan drug addict is granted asylum in the UK - after winning human rights claim as a judge rules he would face persecution by the Taliban

If the 'vulnerable' asylum seeker were to return to the country, he would be forced to go 'cold turkey' without access to methadone, which would impact his mental health, the judge added.

The Irish Times · Apr 4, 2025

‘He was kept locked in a room with a leg-shackle until the 1980s’: Stories from Ireland’s state-run asylums

The 2001 Mental Health Act established the Mental Health ... She was admitted to the Connaught District Lunatic Asylum, later renamed St Brigid’s psychiatric hospital, in Ballinasloe, Co Galway ...