insane asylums
Facilities for lunatics
Insane asylums were institutions for confining and treating people with severe mental illness.
The term is now dated and carries connotations of the grim conditions that characterized many such facilities through the mid-twentieth century: The old insane asylum on the hill had been abandoned for decades.
Modern terminology favors psychiatric hospital or mental health facility.
- bedFurniture for slumber
- straitjacketGarment restricting arm movement
- sanitariumMedical recovery facility
- locked wardRestricted psychiatric facility section
- madhouseChaotic, disordered place
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insane asylumsoutpatient clinics
Medical facilities without overnight stays
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Facilities for holistic care
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