942 Comments for Severalls Hospital

Wow, another awesome hallway pic! I love the shadows and light. So cool!

Mr. Motts, this is defintely one of my favorite hallway shots!

I dont remember any acts of violence towards staff or patients during the seventies when I was a patient here locked up because I was not doing what I was told. I think if you confined any human being to a ward for twenty four hours a day acts of minor aggression would occur with the most normal of people. I do know that patients "went in the box " if they were deemed to be difficult and drugged up to the eyeball to pacify them when they came out.

After seeing the state of the place on these pages and on the BBC recently I think that the place should be demolished and turned into a lovely park . The gardens were the best bit of the hospital. Developers should not be allowed to make money from a place of human misery.

I am an ex patient and was here in one of these cells . It was a lock down facility for people going through extreme conditions like Psychosis which I had during an episode of schizophrenia when I was a youngster .Using cells like this is an infingement of human rights and an excuse for poor lazy nursing techniques. These places are very scary and the treatment is even worse , I lost two whole days of my life because they put people who are" difficult " unconsious through drug treatment and I still dont know what other " treatment" I recieved when I was asleep. I was on a lock up ward next door for a month . This bloody place still haunts me to this day and I will never forget the faces of some of the other frightened souls they imprisoned in these things.

Unfortunatly you cannot enter this hospital site anymore, it is guarded 24/7. This is the way how a mental helth hospital USED to look. things have developed greatly since then. But when you have an agressive, violent and abusive patient, do you really think sticking them in a room that resembles a nice cosy hotel room would benefit them. The patients would have only been kept there until they were no longer a danger with full supervision from trained staff. The room is empty because if you have a self harmer or someone intent on causing harm to others, then any object will become a weapon. It is a plain room that was only intented for short term use. If you still think this is sick and lacks dignity then please put yourselves in to my shoes, I regurlarly have patients running towards me, trying to hit me, bite me scratch me and kick me, if not me then to the other patients. It is scary for any person on the receiving end of this, and they are put in seclusion to calm them down and stop them from attacking others and being a danger to themselves. Their mental illnesses causes them to act differently and with lack of insight, in their own mind they would probably be appalled at their actions, it is very sad to see someone deteriate in this manner, but we do the best we can. The seclusion room is no different from sending a disobedient child to the naughty step or corner. Back when this hospital was built, things would have been very shocking, these days we have better procedures for dealing with mental health. When a patient brandishes a knife with the intent to stab, then unfortunatly dignity goes out of the window and you have to protect yourselves, staff and patients.

Working in Mental Health you often come across agression and Violence. The patients provide a potential risk to staff or other patients, if they do not respond to verbal communication then they have to be removed from the situation for their safety and the safety of others. You cant just think "aw, they have a mental health problem, let them do what they want because they cant help it." That would be a form of negligence, it wouldn be fair if other patients were injured or worse. These rooms seclude the patient until they are sufficiently calm and will not harm other people. It is for safety only, we are not being cruel or not understanding. If we belive its in their best interests then we do that, but we perform it in a proper and safe manner.

I Love This Site... Just wanted to tell you the X's Mean Asbestos i found that out in whittingham assylum, which im unhappy to say is getting worse.. When i went Last Week We Bumped Into 5 lads Digging Up The Floors In The corridors Looking For copper And Metal For Money! :(

is that stair case still there if so were can i find it?

was there an hour an ahalf ago

sometimes, I wish I had a seclusion room of my own at home.

I can't think of anything to say except...
I think it's marvelous! HaHaHa

who wants to meet up and go in ?

Ha!

no, just once.