These real insane asylum pictures are sure to give you a fright and make you want to stay clear of ever visiting one of these abandoned places.. The first mental hospital—or “asylum”—in the United States opened in 1817 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While many of the most iconic psychiatric hospitals were located in the Northeast and along the East Coast, a significant number have been demolished in recent years, erasing a piece of forgotten history.


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Mental retardation has been reported in literature as early as Spartan and Roman times. In the 1880s, doctors chose to isolate these patients, putting them in asylums and often neglecting them.. The West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, where these portraits were made, was a prime example of an operating Victorian mental institution.