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Scotland's 'most brutal' asylum where patients faced gruesome punishments
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (663+ words) The psychiatric hospital has a dark history(Image: RogueBiochemist, CC BY-SA 4.0) Scotland was once home to many psychiatric hospitals during the 19th and 20th centuries that are today infamous for their poor conditions and cruel treatment of patients. However, none of them…...
This Scottish 'mental asylum' was the first to perform barbaric health treatment
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (571+ words) The hospital was shut more than 20 years ago(Image: Stuart Vance / Wishaw Press) Mental health treatment in Scotland today thankfully looks very different to how it did 100 years ago. While there is still much work to be done when it…...
This abandoned Scottish 'mental asylum' has been turned into a village
1+ week, 1+ day ago (477+ words) Scotland was once home to many psychiatric hospitals throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, whose histories are as compelling as they are complex. The days of the 'mental asylum' are thankfully over, and many of the former facilities have been redeveloped over…...