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i cant find info on the history on insane asylums, anywhere... help...?

i need history info,, why they closed them down, when , who attended, how much it would cost/ then and now/, history, treatments they used....stuff like that...

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1. Try looking up Dorothea Dix, for starters. That will give you a lot of info on how asylums got started in the first place, and what the early ones were like.
2. Bedlam: Custody Care and Cure 1247-1997 at the Museum of London until 15 March 1998. This exhibition tells the fascinating 750-year-old story of Bethlem Royal Hospital, popularly known as 'Bedlam'. Bethlem is the world's oldest institution caring for people with mental disorders. It has been a part of London since 1247 and many people, rich and poor, have played a part in its history. (St. Mary of Bethlehem Hospital, located in London, England: its nickname, a slang name, was given to this notorious insane asylum: Bedlam) http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/bedlam/f_bed.htm Asylums and Care for the Insane http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08038b.htm American “Insane Asylum” History http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=04/08/13/7506506 The History of Early Insane Asylums and Mental Illness http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/221343/the_history_of_early_insane_asylums.html%20?cat=70
3. Most of the insane asylums closed down in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Very few facilities remain open that are purely for psychiatric care, instead most favor for hospitals with special wards. Insane asylums had been in use for hundreds and hundreds of years before they closed down. I'll paste in some perhaps-helpful information from a speech that I did on insane asylums last year concerning treatments. --- 1. History Of: 1. Cities 2. Bethlem (Bedlam) Royal Hospital (cruel treatment center, cruelty evoked and encouraged) 3. Humane treatment (minimal) 4. Ineffective treatments (radical) 5. Radical medicine 6. Drugs 7. Deinstitutionalization 8. Political device 2. Types 1. Crisis stabilization 2. Open units 3. Medium-term 4. Juvenile wards (for youth) 5. Geriatric wards 6. Long-term care facilities ("incurable") 7. Half-way Houses 8. Used as a form of prison (typical in pre-modern ages) I hope that this has helped you!! Hayley. : )