DST 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John George Howard, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Centre For Addiction And Mental Health

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Week ten - building our very own bedlam: the queen street site. 1725 - curable and incurable wards were opened. People would pay a penny to watch the inmates. Entry was free on the first tuesday of the month. Mid 1800s saw the emergence and rise of state asylums. 71 mental hospitals were opened in 32 states by 1875. New york lunatic asylum was one of the earliest in 1808. Amalgamation of 4 different organizations in 1998. The queen st. site (formerly the toronto lunatic asylum in the 1970s) The clarke institute (psychiatric and research facility) The amalgamation illustrates how dominant understandings of addiction have evolved to be viewed as related to mental illness". 1871-1907 - asylum for the insane, toronto. 1907-1919 - the hospital for the insane, toronto. 1998-present - the centre for addiction and mental health, queen street site. The changes are indicative of the dominant and evolving perceptions of madness and how to treat mad people.

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