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Austin State Hospital (ASH), formerly known until 1925 as the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, is a 299-bed psychiatric hospital located in Austin, Texas. It is the oldest psychiatric facility in the state of Texas, and the oldest continuously operating west of the Mississippi River. [2] It is operated by the Texas Health and Human Services ...
Central State Hospital, formerly referred to as the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane, was a psychiatric treatment hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.The hospital was established in 1848 to treat patients from anywhere in the state, but by 1905, with the establishment of psychiatric hospitals in other parts of Indiana, Central State served only the counties in the middle of the state.
Thomas Story Kirkbride, creator of the Kirkbride Plan. The establishment of state mental hospitals in the U.S. is partly due to reformer Dorothea Dix, who testified to the New Jersey legislature in 1844, vividly describing the state's treatment of lunatics; they were being housed in county jails, private homes, and the basements of public buildings.
The exhibit "The Evolving History of Central State Hospital 1869-2024" is at the Petersburg Public Library until September 30, 2024.
Central Health, the hospital district for Travis County, plans to turn the old Children's Hospital of Austin at Interstate 35 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard into a respite center.
Tear it up: 45 years ago, the Cramps played the Napa State Mental Hospital. Lyndsey Parker. June 12, 2023 at 4:19 PM. ... My sister’s ex-husband killed a 17-year-old with a semi-automatic. These ...
On March 6, 2023, 28-year-old Irvo Otieno died after he was restrained by Henrico County sheriff's deputies at Central State Hospital. He was arrested on March 3 for a suspected breaking and entering, and was taken to the hospital three days later after he was found naked in his cell. [ 4 ]
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