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This Abandoned State Asylum for the Insane started construction in 1870 and was completed almost 20 years later

The design of the buildings as well as the restorative grounds were intended to complement the innovations in psychiatric care practiced at this facility. This design was representative of what was ...
Penn Live

What derailed Pa.’s plan to close state hospitals and invest in community mental health care?

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The Scranton Times-Tribune

Funding cuts, lawsuits, fear derail Pa. plan to close state hospitals

The state’s core program to close its psychiatric hospitals and shift care to less-restrictive community programs — the centerpiece of its legal obligation to people with severe mental illness — has ...
Observer-Reporter

Funding cuts, lawsuits, and fear derailed Pennsylvania’s plan to close state hospitals and invest in community mental health care

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