856 Comments for Rockland Psychiatric Center

Beautiful picture! They're saving these buildings, right?

Looks like a prison.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; first thing that came to my mind.

They're actually going to make some use of this pleace?

The Saratoga County Homestead Asylum:
http://saratogahomesteadasylum.com/
http://community.websh...39281068492201MPigqh

desperate to find an old asylum that was located in Galway, new york do u know of it?

There really is plenty of stuff online and in various publications you could study. No need to dig through this stuff. A brief google search will turn up tonnes of case files, diaries, all sorts of things by, and about, people with mental disorders released for public study. Poetry written by schizophrenics is particularly fascinating. Sometimes, they make me jealous because they make absolutely amazing connections through metaphors and such that I would have never thought of. Then again, all creative people seem to be a bit off. Myself included. 8o}

He's so going to eat that butterfly right in front of the little girl.

Ah, yes, my abnormal psychology professor would often go into little rants about homosexuality being included in versions of DSM well into... what was it? 1980's? Or, was it the 60's. The only thing that really sticks in my mind about that class is the professor going on a really long rant about how it doesn't take a genius to know what medicine to prescribe and that psychologists should be able to do so and the only reason they can't is because of the psychiatrists wanting to keep all the big money to themselves. I always had the suspicion that he was just jealous that he never went to medical school. He was a good guy though. It was a fun class and I still occasionally watch the CD-Rom that came with the textbook that had a bunch of videos of people with various disorders. The schizophrenics are absolutely fascinating to observe.

The trick to escaping them is to puff yourself up as much as possible without being noticeable. Anyway, that's what a brief internet search told me. Apparently it works with most restraints as well. Hence, how the escape artists do it, I guess. I suppose the theory behind it is that, once you deflate, you'll have a lot of slack to work with. Escape artists kind of interest me, so I actually wouldn't mind give it a try. Hmm...

Heh, whoops!

Motts, you are absolutely my hero. Great photographs, but, perhaps more importantly, great locations. Good God man, you strike gold every where you go, it seems. You're Spiderman, right? You must have superpowers of some sort. Jails, hospitals, you're damn near everywhere, and half of these places are practically untouched when you get there. I tried not to say it, but it must be said... I <3 you.

I hope so! The stuff you found is really cool.

I just checked out SRL -- it's way cool!

TT: Yeah, I'll bet you do!

Isabeats -- I spent a lot of time in SF and Berkeley, so NOTHING surprises me that went on there in the '80s. I would have liked to have seen this, though. I'm gonna Google them, now!!