5 Comments Posted by Croesor

You can see this in the hospital where I work, too: in the basement are the remnants of "train tracks" that trundle off in to no where where the tunnels to the older (and no no more) parts of the hospital used to exist...

This is where I work! However, we are now in one of the newer buildings (built originally at the turn of the 20th century). My office is a former seclusion and restraint room....thanks for posting this gallery, Motts.

I'm excited to see pictures of the "old" Taunton State Hospital. Just to update/clarify what you wrote, Motts: the hospital is still open at 45 beds, and expects to remain so secondary to the heroic efforts on the part of many Mass citizens. The hospital may actually expand bed capacity in 2015 due, in part, to the negative scrutiny Bridgewater State Hospital has been getting. Other extant buildings are leased to the Department of Youth Services, HighPoint, and Cohannet Academy, so the 135 acre campus is still a very busy place. The fence that surrounded the site of the old hospital is still up, and somewhat of an eyesore. Thanks for putting up another wonderful gallery of your work.

When I was in training, we would use these mirrors to be able to observe interviews or sessions without actually being in the room with the patient(s); however, they would know we were there. We also used them as "reflecting teams:" an intervention used for family therapy.

Just thought I'd let people know that the Bryan Building, which took the place of the old state hospital on the grounds in the 1950s was recently condemned due to a crack in the foundation. Also, the clock tower was demolished a few months ago :(