The 19th century in the United States saw the rise of large-scale state psychiatric hospitals, known as "asylums," which were initially intended to provide a sanctuary for individuals with mental illness. These institutions were built with the concept of "moral treatment," which emphasized humane care, including no restraint of patients and treating them in an open environment.
The original meaning of the word asylum is a "retreat" or "sanctuary," and these institutions were originally built to act as sanctuaries for the protection of mental patients.
The field of psychiatric medicine in western countries in the 19th century began to embrace the concept of "moral treatment" for mental patients, including no restraint of the patients and treating them in a more open environment. With this background, asylums were built according to the efforts of social activist Dorothea Dix with financial assistance from the Quakers. The psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Kirkbride had a large influence on asylum architecture, and believed that the hospital building and environment as well as location have healing effects on the patients, which he called the "therapeutic landscape".
As the architecture was considered part of the treatment, many leading architects and landscape architects at the time became involved in building asylums. In the later half of the 19th century, over 150 asylums were built across the USA. However, moral treatment fell out of favor toward the end of the 19th century, and the concept of therapeutic landscape was also neglected. The hospitals had many uncured patients, and caregivers became pessimistic about the efficacy of the treatments. Abuse and neglect of the patients were also common. The environment at the asylums deteriorated, which created the image of asylums that, we hold today.
Insane asylums began to decline around the turn of the 20th century. As patients with incurable illnesses filled them, asylums became warehouses for people who could not be maintained elsewhere. The St. Louis Insane Asylum exemplifies this trend of decline. Overcrowding and lack of funding led to placement of patients in the St. Louis Poorhouse and to unhealthy conditions at the asylum. Dr. Edward Runge, the superintendent, tried to counteract this trend of decline, but the asylum was able to offer little more than custodial care.
The mid-19th century saw the emergence of a major medical innovation, namely, the rise of the state lunatic asylum. Beginning in the northeast, the phenomenon spread rapidly westwards. By 1875 no fewer than 71 mental hospitals were opened in 32 existing states. Although premised upon belief in the efficacy of ‘moral and humane’ treatment, the asylums soon became custodial rather than therapeutic institutions. Average size continually increased; some accommodated well over 2000 patients.
The United States housed 150,000 patients in mental hospitals by 1904. These asylums were critical to the evolution of psychiatry as they provided places of practice throughout the world.
The moral treatment of the insane was built on the assumption that those suffering from mental illness could find their way to recovery and an eventual cure if treated kindly and in ways that appealed to the parts of their minds that remained rational.
That's a great history lesson of what's going on. I only know about the 20th century and how the patients were used for different therapists or psychologists as genuine pigs.
You haven't seen anything about the mud floods, world fairs, orphan trains and old world architecture? All around the turn out of the 19th century, that was just a synopsis of whatever AI Brave uses, but I find this time frame intriguing as there are some weird goings on, especially when you look at them outside our official timeline narrative.
Trump is talking about a world fair, and now mental facilities. I keep a healthy dose of skepticism around everything, the only thing I know is that I know nothing lol
I'll try to gist it, the mud floods deal with how many buildings have levels, arches, and doorways that are either beneath, or partially beneath "street level".
World Fairs broaches on the enormity of the structures that were built in unbelievably short time frames and supposedly temporary. Also as well, enormous variety of technologies revealed.
Old world architecture is about these buildings you see around, all stone, incredibly intricate details and feats of construction also in a short time span absurd for only having horses and very limited infrastructure.
If you give any credence to previous resets, it would seem there was one somewhere around the mid to late 1800s. These people are stupid, yes, but I'm theorizing, granted if there's any truth to this, that our elites plunder & fornicate until the system implodes, hit the reset button and start again. They don't have to be smart when the have control, technical advantage and driven by greed and lust.
Oh yeah, and lastly the asylums, all the people from this theoretical reset that wouldn't go along or adapt to the "new normal" were stuck away in them.
Like I said, I don't know, there are so many plausible things flying around so who can say but I find all this interesting. There is a great deal being hidden from us, and likely a greater deal misdirecting us from what's truly hidden.
Not so last century.
The 19th century in the United States saw the rise of large-scale state psychiatric hospitals, known as "asylums," which were initially intended to provide a sanctuary for individuals with mental illness. These institutions were built with the concept of "moral treatment," which emphasized humane care, including no restraint of patients and treating them in an open environment. The original meaning of the word asylum is a "retreat" or "sanctuary," and these institutions were originally built to act as sanctuaries for the protection of mental patients.
The field of psychiatric medicine in western countries in the 19th century began to embrace the concept of "moral treatment" for mental patients, including no restraint of the patients and treating them in a more open environment. With this background, asylums were built according to the efforts of social activist Dorothea Dix with financial assistance from the Quakers. The psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Kirkbride had a large influence on asylum architecture, and believed that the hospital building and environment as well as location have healing effects on the patients, which he called the "therapeutic landscape".
As the architecture was considered part of the treatment, many leading architects and landscape architects at the time became involved in building asylums. In the later half of the 19th century, over 150 asylums were built across the USA. However, moral treatment fell out of favor toward the end of the 19th century, and the concept of therapeutic landscape was also neglected. The hospitals had many uncured patients, and caregivers became pessimistic about the efficacy of the treatments. Abuse and neglect of the patients were also common. The environment at the asylums deteriorated, which created the image of asylums that, we hold today.
Insane asylums began to decline around the turn of the 20th century. As patients with incurable illnesses filled them, asylums became warehouses for people who could not be maintained elsewhere. The St. Louis Insane Asylum exemplifies this trend of decline. Overcrowding and lack of funding led to placement of patients in the St. Louis Poorhouse and to unhealthy conditions at the asylum. Dr. Edward Runge, the superintendent, tried to counteract this trend of decline, but the asylum was able to offer little more than custodial care.
The mid-19th century saw the emergence of a major medical innovation, namely, the rise of the state lunatic asylum. Beginning in the northeast, the phenomenon spread rapidly westwards. By 1875 no fewer than 71 mental hospitals were opened in 32 existing states. Although premised upon belief in the efficacy of ‘moral and humane’ treatment, the asylums soon became custodial rather than therapeutic institutions. Average size continually increased; some accommodated well over 2000 patients.
The United States housed 150,000 patients in mental hospitals by 1904. These asylums were critical to the evolution of psychiatry as they provided places of practice throughout the world. The moral treatment of the insane was built on the assumption that those suffering from mental illness could find their way to recovery and an eventual cure if treated kindly and in ways that appealed to the parts of their minds that remained rational.
That's a great history lesson of what's going on. I only know about the 20th century and how the patients were used for different therapists or psychologists as genuine pigs.
You haven't seen anything about the mud floods, world fairs, orphan trains and old world architecture? All around the turn out of the 19th century, that was just a synopsis of whatever AI Brave uses, but I find this time frame intriguing as there are some weird goings on, especially when you look at them outside our official timeline narrative.
Trump is talking about a world fair, and now mental facilities. I keep a healthy dose of skepticism around everything, the only thing I know is that I know nothing lol
I do not know what you mean but ok. Will find out.
I'll try to gist it, the mud floods deal with how many buildings have levels, arches, and doorways that are either beneath, or partially beneath "street level". World Fairs broaches on the enormity of the structures that were built in unbelievably short time frames and supposedly temporary. Also as well, enormous variety of technologies revealed. Old world architecture is about these buildings you see around, all stone, incredibly intricate details and feats of construction also in a short time span absurd for only having horses and very limited infrastructure.
If you give any credence to previous resets, it would seem there was one somewhere around the mid to late 1800s. These people are stupid, yes, but I'm theorizing, granted if there's any truth to this, that our elites plunder & fornicate until the system implodes, hit the reset button and start again. They don't have to be smart when the have control, technical advantage and driven by greed and lust.
Oh yeah, and lastly the asylums, all the people from this theoretical reset that wouldn't go along or adapt to the "new normal" were stuck away in them.
Like I said, I don't know, there are so many plausible things flying around so who can say but I find all this interesting. There is a great deal being hidden from us, and likely a greater deal misdirecting us from what's truly hidden.
God bless fren