Hundreds of psychiatric institutions opened between the mid-1800s and the 1910s, most of which were abandoned during deinstitutionalization. Few of these ruins are still around; many have …

2017年10月13日 · There’s something truly chilling about abandoned psychiatric hospitals. In the past, when these hospitals were mostly referred to as “lunatic asylums,” they were a place of …

2016年10月13日 · But over the next thirty years, with the introduction of psychotropic drugs and policy shifts toward community-based care, patient populations declined dramatically, leaving …

2020年8月18日 · According to Abandoned, Central Islip Psychiatric Center was a comparably massive institution, with more than 100 buildings and 2,500 employees at its own peak, …

2022年9月21日 · In 1869, Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane opened near Seneca Lake in New York. The facility was built as an alternative to the prisons and poorhouses that typically …

2020年11月30日 · These psychiatric hospitals were eventually shut down as society’s knowledge about mental health evolved with modern medicine. Many of these former asylums still exist …

2023年2月7日 · Closed and abandoned since 1996, Kings Park Psychiatric Center stands as an otherworldly relic situated in Nissequogue River State Park in the hamlet of Kings Park, New …

From the grand architecture of early 20th-century asylums to the more austere structures of mid-century hospitals, these abandoned places offer a unique glimpse into the evolving landscape …

2013年6月9日 · We love looking at creepy photographs of former mental institutions that have fallen into disrepair, but sometimes the true stories behind these hospitals is far more …

2024年9月18日 · During the mid-19th century, these sprawling architectural designs were thought to be the height of mental healthcare. People were brought here with the hope of healing, but …