Do you take yourself too seriously? Are you in major need of a sense of humour? A lobotomy may help lighten you up so you can enjoy life, instead of spending the rest of your days as an angry troll! Cruising around the country in his “Lobotomobile,” Dr. Walter Freeman coined the visited mental institutions […]
Woman Takes Intimate Self Portraits From Psychiatric Hospital
These black and white photographs were taken by LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt from the grounds of Pilgrim State Hospital on Long Island, New York in 1938. They are remarkable for the way they blend clear-eyed reporting with an almost palpable compassion. But what is perhaps most unsettling about the images is how terribly familiar they look. The treatment of mental illness—in all its confounding varieties and degrees—has come a long, long way since the 1930s, and in most countries is now immeasurably more humane, comprehensive and discerning than the brutal approaches of even a few decades ago. Advancements in psychiatric medications alone have helped countless people lead fuller lives than they might have without drugs. And yet... the grim, desolate tone of the pictures in this gallery will feel eerily contemporary to anyone familiar with psych wards in countless large hospitals today. (Photos: Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
I've been in six psychiatric facilities in three states, from the fancy McLean Hospital to crappier state-run facilities. But I'm better now, and I swear that all this is true.
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Mayview State Hospital is a former state mental institution in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It closed in December 2008 and was demolished several years later.
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History of Pilgrim State Hospital with photographic documentation and urban exploration accounts by Tom Kirsch.
People with psychiatric problems were not always considered fully human: even within the last 100 years problems ranging from epilepsy and schizophrenia to things like dementia, post-traumatic stre…
POWERFUL portraits capture what patients looked like in Britain’s most notorious mental asylum. Victorian photographer Henry Hering is the man behind the eye-opening snaps, which put a face to some…
“The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.” ~ G…
a closed state hospital in Traverse City MI (used to live a two blocks from here) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_City_State_Hospital
THESE are the heartbreaking images that show the bleak conditions faced by disturbed and desperate patients at an American mental hospital in the 1940s. The harrowing photographs show the rundown a…
This is a hallway in an old (WW II-era) building in a NC state psychiatric hospital.
The Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St. Mary Bethlehem and Bedlam, is an infamous psychiatric hospital in London. It is Europe’s first and oldest institution to specialize in mental illnesses. The hospital was founded in 1247 as the Priority of the New Order of our Lady of Bethlehem in…
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), phobias are one of the most common mental disorders in the U.S. Roughly about 9% of people in the country have specific phobias but it's possible that in reality, this number is even higher because mental disorders are often under-reported in the States due to the stigma surrounding them.
A prominent artist ventured behind locked doors to portray three "forgotten" social classes: the elderly, people in mental institutions, and the prison population. Alan E. Cober began his career in the 1960s, when illustration took a turn toward a new expressionism. Influenced by the works of Ben Shahn, George Grosz, and Albrecht Dürer, he believed that narrative art could inform public attitudes toward political and social issues. Cober's aim as a "visual journalist" was to effect change by graphically exposing the realities of our times.The Forgotten Society presents ninety-two of Cober's most compelling and emotionally charged "visual essays." The distinctive pen-and-ink portraits reveal the hidden worlds of people removed from the public eye, including residents of retirement homes, of Staten Island's Willowbrook State School, and of Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The artist, who frequently befriended his subjects, offers compassionate views of the isolation of lives lived on the margins of society. Cober received many awards in his lifetime and was recently inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. This edition features an insightful introduction by his daughter, Leslie Cober-Gentry, who notes, "Cober's art was about communication. The world was his audience." the forgotten man; the elderly; mentally ill; mental institutions; prison population; artist renderings; pen and ink portraits; art studies; art books; drawing techniques; visual essays; illustrations; social outsiders; social issues; art subjects; society; art; artists; Willowbrook; outcasts; mentally retarded; mentally challenged; inmates
These black and white photographs were taken by LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt from the grounds of Pilgrim State Hospital on Long Island, New York in 1938. They are remarkable for the way they blend clear-eyed reporting with an almost palpable compassion. But what is perhaps most unsettling about the images is how terribly familiar they look. The treatment of mental illness—in all its confounding varieties and degrees—has come a long, long way since the 1930s, and in most countries is now immeasurably more humane, comprehensive and discerning than the brutal approaches of even a few decades ago. Advancements in psychiatric medications alone have helped countless people lead fuller lives than they might have without drugs. And yet... the grim, desolate tone of the pictures in this gallery will feel eerily contemporary to anyone familiar with psych wards in countless large hospitals today. (Photos: Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
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A few weeks ago, the Wellcome Library announced a new initiative to digitize more than 800,000 pages of material from British psychiatric hospitals. Dating between the 18th and 20th centuries, the trove includes examples of patient artwork and writing, as well as patient-produced publications.
My conception of mental illness and the psych ward were born of television and movies.
The morning that I woke up in a psychiatric ward, I was sure I didn’t belong there. My very sad roommate — who was already awake and crying in the bathroom— and the loud woman across the hallway who…
