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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Rockland Psychiatric Center was originally opened in 1927 with over 5,000 beds. At its peak, it housed over 9,000 psychiatric patients with a staff of 2,000. Along with most other psychiatric hospitals, new medicines and specialized treatments came into favor by the 1970's and these took the place of more controversial treatments such as Electro-Shock therapy and Pre-Frontal Lobotomies. These new treatment methods resulted in better recovery thus increasing discharge rates and greatly reducing the need for such a high capacity of patients in such massive campuses.

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This is part five of an epic 7 part, 2,600 mile, road trip.

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

Rockland Psychiatric © 2016 sublunar

1 Comment:

  1. Unknown said...
    Very nice, with all the good pictures.
    regards dearnapst on youtube :)

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