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About 300 psychiatric hospitals, known at the time as insane asylums or colloquially as “loony bins” or “nuthouses,” were constructed in the United States before 1900. [1] Asylum architecture is notable for the way similar floor plans were built in a wide range of architectural styles. [2]
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Pages in category "Psychiatric hospitals in the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United States housed 150,000 patients in mental hospitals by 1904. Germany housed more than 400 public and private sector asylums. [ 51 ] These asylums were critical to the evolution of psychiatry as they provided places of practice throughout the world.
Changes were needed in what constitutes a person to be sent to a mental hospital. Also among the changes that needed to be implemented were the confidentially between the inmates and the doctors, as well as having a standard by which a person is considered criminally insane. [3] Bridgewater State Hospital in 2016
The newly built, state-funded hospital opened as the Oregon State Insane Asylum on October 23, 1883, and was constructed based on the Kirkbride Plan for a total of $184,000 (equivalent to $6,209,343 in 2024). [12] Its architecture is Italianate in style, and was designed by W.F. Boothby. [12] Dr.
Arkansas State Hospital, originally known as Arkansas Lunatic Asylum, [1] is the sole public psychiatric hospital in the state of Arkansas, and is located in the city of Little Rock. It was established in 1883 and as of 2024, it is still active. Its main focus is on acute care rather than chronic illness. [2]
Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital. Public Affairs. ISBN 1-58648-161-4. Berger, Lisa (1994). Under Observation: Life Inside the McLean Psychiatric Hospital. Tiknor & Fields. ISBN 0-14-025147-2. Charles, Ray; Ritz, David (2003). Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story. Da Capo Press. pp. 263– 265.