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Austin State Hospital (ASH), formerly known until 1925 as the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, is a 299-bed psychiatric hospital located in Austin, Texas. It is the oldest psychiatric facility in the state of Texas, and the oldest continuously operating west of the Mississippi River. [2] It is operated by the Texas Health and Human Services ...
Terrell State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital located in Terrell, Texas, United States. Opened in 1885, it was originally known as the North Texas Lunatic Asylum . [ 1 ] The original hospital building was built according to the Kirkbride Plan .
"I am the son of John Neely Bryan, now before the court," Edward T. Bryan testified on February 1, 1877. "My father is insane." He was admitted to the Texas State Lunatic Asylum in February 1877 and died there on September 8, 1877. [3] He is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in the southeast quadrant of the Austin State Hospital Cemetery.
The North Texas State Hospital (NTSH) is a trio of inpatient mental health facilities owned by the State of Texas and operated by the Texas Health and Human Service Commission's Health and Specialty Care System division. [1] NTSH has three campuses, one in Wichita Falls and two in Vernon.
Texas woman, 23, admits to drugging migrant kids with melatonin gummies as part of child-trafficking ring: ‘We knocked her out’ Alex Oliveira September 24, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Thomas Story Kirkbride, creator of the Kirkbride Plan. The establishment of state mental hospitals in the U.S. is partly due to reformer Dorothea Dix, who testified to the New Jersey legislature in 1844, vividly describing the state's treatment of lunatics; they were being housed in county jails, private homes, and the basements of public buildings.
For Noemí Ramírez, a 47-year-old from El Salvador, hearing that she could begin her asylum application from Mexico's Chiapas state led her to immediately set off with her 19-year-old daughter ...
Flaming cars, violent clashes, dozens of people detained. As one of the world’s most repressive countries marks 30 years of independence, festivals held by Eritrea's diaspora in Europe and North ...