In the mid- to late 1800s, insane asylums served as catch-all ... in August 1867 and was committed to Taunton State Hospital, a lunatic asylum in Massachusetts. After that, little is known ...

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

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

One of the Kirkbride Buildings, built in the mid to late 19th century as part of the Kalamazoo State Hospital. This building, along with the other Kirkbride Buildings, have since been demolished. The ...

Moving the facility, the resolution said, could improve mental health services ... at 1300 East Center Street, the hospital ...

In the 19th and early 20th century, mental asylums were created as the main ... which opened in the 1800s as the Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane, and then later the Mendota State Hospital ...