In season four of the hit series, Nancy and Robin go undercover at the fictional Pennhurst Mental Hospital to find patient Victor Creel The infamous Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Pennsylvania ...

Fairfield Hills Hospital was once one of the largest psychiatric facilities in the region, housing thousands of patients at its peak. Over time, overcrowding, underfunding, and controversial ...

The UB Art Galleries is calling on the Buffalo community to help preserve the stories of women who were once patients at the former Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, now the site of the historic ...

Though it’s often said that America “closed the asylums” in the twentieth century, every state still operates at least one public mental institution. These facilities, called state hospitals, are the ...

This year, I taught a brand-new class on the history of the psychiatric asylum with my colleague, Dr Hannah Proctor. "Bedlam and Beyond: The Controversial History of the Asylum" is a seminar-based ...