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Is the place haunted?
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I don't get it!
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nice rug
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i wood love to hang out in a place like that
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thats one freaky room
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Kathy, thank you for your insight. Lynn, what are your thoughts on this ?
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In answer to John Black, today ECT is only used after all other choices have been exhausted. I underwent it in 2001 for depression and would not recommend it unless the patient has tried every other possible procedure or medication. It does cause memory loss and they do use mouth gags (these were used on me to keep me from biting my tongue). Only those who were in the hospital would know what they were used for in this hospital, but ECT is what mouth gags are used for in psychiatric hospitals.
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As someone who works for a State Department of Mental Health within a hospital I can say that things have really changed from the time that Lord took these photographs. However, for the severely mentally ill person who is involuntarily committed the privations of the inpatient setting, no matter how nice it is, are severe in regards to loss of autonomy, loss of liberty, and basic loss of control over very mundane aspects of one's life (like when and what one eats, taking medication or not, etc.). I am glad these photos exist as a memorial bearing witness to how these people were treated then, but we have a long, long way to go. Thanks Motts--I love this website.
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i use to hang out ther in the 90s had many fun times ther geting shit face and i wood love to go back some day
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party time in there
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ceiling has some water damage
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i ever been there and i like 2 be scared out of my mind
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I believe Geraldo Rivera did an "expose" on the deplorable conditions in state hospitals in the late 60's or early 70's. Some states responsed to this by just letting the patients out and onto the streets. A number of homeless people (this may not be true today) were former "mental institution" patients. I know that there are still state hospitals in existence and assume that conditions have improved exponentailly, but could not venture a guess.
Ephemera: A Peaceful War On Mental Institutions via NPR
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the black things on the stairs is dirty
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lets scrap them 4 money