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what ever happened to shaun mahoney, diane r., she had a brother david. i owe her a great big Thank You i will be forever indebted to her. if she hadnt faked a bee sting & she was allergic i would of never escaped without getting caught. the poor woodshop teacher Mr. Heathwood Had to choose between saving her or catching me. Sorry Mr. Heathwood. i'm still trying to find corriea does anyone remember elaine alpert, david pyle, rose, dr. meinke, lynn simon, how about up-chuck staff members? neil chislomn he was a funny how about wonderful nature walks with nap mr. posion ivy special walks. how about the abandon shacks out there
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that is a good shot me boy
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It almost looks like Winter instead of Summer and the trees and grass look covered with snow. Beautiful.
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LOL Tony C. I thought the same thing!
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Eldokid, health care today is more aimed at rehabilitating these people and giving them a place in society instead of dooming everyone to a life inside an institution. There are long term facilities for people who really need that help, say a paranoid schizophrenic who is non-compliant and a threat to others/violent and has been this way for years, ..places exist that provide a therapeutic milieu to help that person stabilize and become a potential contributing member of society so they can live their life independently.. remember not everyone confined to an institution back in the day was actually mentally 'ill' ..some people were brought there because they were poor, or alcoholics, or just a burden to their family, .. or because they disagreed with someone, etc.

Anyways, I love NPR but I missed this so, great post. THanks, man.
Ephemera: A Peaceful War On Mental Institutions via NPR
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YIKES!! @_@
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Fresh coat of paint and a quick sweep of the floors and it'd be like new :)
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aren't all drugs in a hospital controlled? why not just put "drugs" on the label then?
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wow! that's pretty much all i can say...
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Yep, the moisture and the changing temperatures over the seasons will cause the paint to crack and eventually peel or flake off. Many of these places were painted over old coats over the years, so there's usually various colors underneath each other creating an interesting effect (this room was yellow before white).
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I remember this hospital before the 2nd W.W., walking past it on the way to my home in Carlton Drive.
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Thanks Motts! Keep um coming!
Ephemera: Dead Rollers
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this is amazing. i have an incredible weakness for anything psych. hospital-esque, had to read this... it's comforting to be reminded that for every one asshole who fucks things, there's five nice guys who'll try to fix it, thnx mr. motts:]
Ephemera: A Peaceful War On Mental Institutions via NPR
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Wow, thank you for sharing that. How sickening. No wonder poor Lynne has to defend current mental institutions with images like these from the past. What a wonderful thing Lord and the other men did.
Ephemera: A Peaceful War On Mental Institutions via NPR
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those tubs were actually used as a type of treatment for mental illnesses a patient would be placed in a really cold tub and then in a really hot tub to shock the senses