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The Athens Lunatic Asylum, now a mixed-use development known as The Ridges, [2] was a Kirkbride Plan mental hospital operated in Athens, Ohio, from 1874 until 1993.During its operation, the hospital provided services to a variety of patients including Civil War veterans, children, and those declared mentally unwell.
The Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum is an historic structure at 2335 Wayne Ave. in Dayton, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1979. The 300-acre (120 ha) complex was designed as a mental asylum in accordance with principles advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride in the mid-19th ...
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Springfield, Ohio — At the St. Vincent de Paul Society community center in Springfield, Ohio, Haitian immigrants receive food and clothes and get help finding work. "They're here and they're our ...
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This article addresses mental health advocacy efforts by those who face mental health challenges and/or drug abuse issues. Ohio is moving forward in addressing mental heal needs, but much more ...
Ohio jails aren't equipped to handle addiction, mental health problems There also needs to be a recognition that closing down some state-run psychiatric hospitals as a cost-saving measure might ...
Columbus State Hospital, also known as Ohio State Hospital for Insane, was a public psychiatric hospital in Columbus, Ohio, founded in 1838 and rebuilt in 1877. [1] The hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan. [2] The building was said to have been the largest in the U.S. or the world, until the Pentagon was completed in 1943. [3] [4]