1,656 Comments for Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital

Way back when someone noticed that epileptics did not become ill with schizophrenia. So if epileptics had convulsions, then giving schizophrenics convolutions might bring them out of it--that was the rationale. Like the whole history (including today) of psychiatry, no one really knows how the brain works. It is trial and error, and then no one knows what the long term effects are. Some people get over schizophrenia on their own, so for any new treatment, someone is going to be "cured" by it, then it was the go-to treatment and a if some is good more is better attitude crept in, hence the series of shocks over a period of days.

Turns out it does not work for schizophrenia, but as others have said is today a last-ditch voluntary treatment for serious depression. Have an in-law that had it years ago--suicidal depression ran in her family.

Experiments on animals: Cruelty and no scientific value at all, at that time and now.

Ohhhh dear, people were honest, with high ethics and morale back in the days. The suits must have been fine when hung up there, once upon a time, long ago, and nobody went and stole/took them, to wear, so some are still there. We will never know the story. Great picture! Be well and stay safe.

Well since I have kids I think it looks like Sandy The Squirrel's Skull from SpongeBob Squarepants LOL

How crazy, I have seen this before in person in an abandoned asylum that wasn't this one.

looks as though the kid is about to spark a lighter with his right hand by the way the shape of his hand is in only thing is that theres is no lighter...was'nt this place burned down (but still there)???

It is better to look good than to feel good, and dahling, you look mahvelous!

Thank you, Charles Kettering !

I googled it. and if you look closely it appears to be a Teddy Ru ruxpin Doll. Everything matches and you can see some hair left on the doll in this picture

This is my FAVORITE picture. I love it. Especially all of the queation and not knowing what the sinks were actually used for and why one of them doesn't have taps. or why there are windows above the sinks.

Patients living here would have been able to see this, too.
Love this picture.

Absolutely wonderful gallery! Good work well done. The absence of graffitti and tags like very much! Your talent is amazing! Be well and stay in creativity.

Oh, methinks the cat ran out of mice and rats to eat, and was too aged to find a new place and died of natural causes, and was moved after death. It certainly looks like the cat lived there for a while.
This amazing site is more than enough, and am so happy have found all these artistic documentary photographs; a date will always remember. Have learnt so much in just a month. Good informative comments FTW!
Mr Mott: i like your friend Lynne - her sweet good heart comes through in every comment she makes. Of course you would only have the best taste in friends. May you always be well is my daily wish .

Not sure which is the creepiest....The painting, the photo,
or the comments! ROTFLMAO!

Yes, he had a pretty ingenious way of blocking up the one working door so it couldn't be opened from the outside... which meant that when it was all in place, he was inside the building.