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what a load of shit.

Im dying from aspergilliosis just looking at that bed!

Several of the comments on this photo brilliantly illustrate the axiom "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing." People who choose to become doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, therapists, aides, etc. and to specialize in work with individuals with mental illness/developmental disabilities do it precisely *because* they believe those individuals are valuable, worthy of assistance and care, and have much to contribute to the world. The jobs are too hard unless you have those beliefs. This erroneous assumption that "they" considered the patients "useless to the world" may reflect a great deal more about the beliefs of the one who makes such an accusation than it does about "they" who are accused.

Autism is manifested in many different ways in different people. That's why there is not one simple picture of "autism." Instead, we have "autism spectrum disorders." Some people with this diagnosis may show evidence of it only in specific situations and need only a little support. Others have much more severe symptoms that seriously impair every facet of their lives, all day, every day, in ways that are almost impossible to imagine except by personal experience. It stresses the entire family, and parents of a child with an autism spectrum disorder have a much higher than average rate of divorce.

It takes far more than "just a few problems" to result in admission to a state psychiatric hospital. The decision to pursue commitment is only made when there are no other alternatives available or when the other, less restrictive options have been tried without success. "Insane" is not a blanket label given to someone who is a bit eccentric. Each disorder has specific criteria that must be present for the diagnosis to be made. I would be interested to learn what "insane" means to those who think the patients "were not really insane."

Lobotomies were an attempt to find some form of treatment that would help the patients who had not improved with the other treatment modalities available at the time. Some patients were helped. Others deteriorated further. When modern medications first became available, lobotomies were no longer done. As awful as we think they were, with our 20/20 hindsight, at the time they were seen as a last chance for someone who had not been helped by anything else available at the time. Just as today, there are people who seek out experimental treatments in the hope of finding some way to cure their cancer or halt the progression of dementia.

The idea of the Russian steam bath makes sense to me. When I go into a steam room, I feel like I am suffocating. I think I would like something like this, that kept my head in cooler, drier air and let my body benefit from the steam (and NO, this is NOT what is called waterboarding today!).

Well I would like to start off that user CCL08 is definitly a pig. With that said Motts love the photos I have about 600+ photos from my own visits to different hospitals. This one in particular is security tight. They wouldn't even let me take photos of the outside. Good thing the casino is near by as a drove far to get in.

I've been in places before with these blocks and yes they are 100% asbestos. They used them as insulation before they knew.

These hospitals are going to ruin because of neglect. I feel its better for someone to use them for art ,such as what this person did, rather then leave it for vandals.

definatly a sick pan - used them a million times as ive had countless operations and been in and out of hosp when i was younger!

is that a sick tray on the chair. ew?

Weeeeiiirrrdd... Makes me wonder if that's recent or from awhile ago! Gosh!

The return of the lonesome chair

See? They seem to have taken the bars away from some of the cells, but they didn't take anything away from this cell, and there are some pretty nice things in here too! And are those lights on? Could you just flick the switch and turn them on? If so, kinda weird!

Weird how they would cut out the bars, but not the beds, and some other things they have left behind here..

No comment, just a big woppin' "WOW"

Aha! I was just waiting for the creepy lone wheelchair picture :-)

Oh nevermind, I take that comment back :-)