Top 10 HORRIFYING Mental ASYLUMS in the United States

Despite their original benevolent intent, mental asylums have become synonymous with abuse and malpractice. For one, the practice of lobotomy originates in the world of psychotherapy and institutionalization. Egas Moniz performed the first lobotomy in Portugal in 1935 and it was soon after adapted by American physicians Walter Freeman and James W. Watts, who popularized the operation. From 1949 to 1951, the amount of lobotomies grew from 5,074 to 18,608 people. John F. Kennedy’s sister is one of the many who were victims of the controversial procedure.

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10. Topeka State Hospital
9. Waverly Hills Sanatorium
8. Overbrook Insane Asylum
7. Willowbrook State School
6. Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
5. Byberry Mental Hospital
4. Bloomingdale Insane Asylum
3. Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
2. Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
1. Pennhurst Insane Asylum
Bonus: Athens Lunatic Asylum

Source/Further reading:

http://www.the-line-up.com/5-insane-asylums-horrors-happened/
http://whsmemorial.tripod.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County_Hospital_Center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willowbrook_State_School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_of_Institutionalized_Persons_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_addiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_State_Hospital_at_Byberry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomingdale_Insane_Asylum
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jul/17/news/adna-lobot17
http://america.aljazeera.com/features/2014/1/when-the-hard-travelinawasoverwoodyguthrieatgreystonehospital.html
http://www.preservepennhurst.org/default.aspx?pg=26
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/01/crazy-mental-asylums/athens-lunatic-asylum

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