1,062 Comments for Ypsilanti State Hospital

Glad I ain't locked up in there. How you doin, Motts? It's been a DAMN long time man. Still alive and still loving your work after all these years!

This place is frightening! I am so sad to see how terrible people were treated back then, they would not get away with any abuse these days (I think)

The moon just adds to the ambiance..................

Awesome shot! I love all this stuff!

Calgon "Take-Me-Away"!

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A seclusion room.

I was at yorkwoods 1986-1987. It was an intresting experience. I only remember
Certain things about that place but no everything. I was across the street at yorkwoods at they would have the girls go to the main hospital for school and etc .we had to ride on a bus.The room i was in , i shared with another girl .the bathroom was a big room like u would see in a locker room at a school .there was this one room i remember because this girl in there was put into a bed and restrained with those buckle things for the hands and feet then was given a shot of something.one girl tried to throw a chair out of the window .there was a padded room but i was only in there once.As a teenager i remember some of staff werent really all that nice . i ran away so iam not sure about alot of experiences and i think was put there as a form of punishment because not one time i did take any pills.

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Very mixed emotions going thru these pictures. The large state hospitals were overcrowded for years. I worked for a decade at Yorkwood Center, the children's facility north of YPSI State Hospital.

The room pictured here was likely a "quiet room" or "seclusion room".
Patients who were dangerous and out of control were placed in these rooms. Not for a long time. When I started working, an hour might be needed. By the time I left, no patient was secluded without a doctor's order. Almost everyone I met or worked with had the patient's well-being in mind. And their own safety.

Most new that the overcrowding and lack of opportunity for a normal life would never permit effective treatment. It took many years to finally take the state hospitals down. Michigan was was one of a minority of states that shifted the funding for the big hospitals to community based programs. It went pretty well. Other states took that hospitals fundingn and either cut taxes or shifted it to other non-health related projects.

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