Sebastian Restrepo is a multimedia specialist at MassLive. The “Forgotten Mass.” photo series represents some of the work he captures from his travels across Massachusetts and beyond. It focuses on ...

Her new book “Moral Treatment” is influenced by its history. It is historical fiction that explores the complexities of ...

mental institutions and “insane asylums” to send dangerous people to the U.S. The reality is often far more prosaic. Many ...

The establishment of the first mental asylums in India in the mid and late 18th century followed the arrival of the British. In the beginning, these asylums were meant only for Europeans but they ...

"The world was pouring in and remember -- they were coming in from jails and prisons and mental institutions and insane asylums and there were gang members and drug dealers. Anybody wanted to come, in ...

This is a vast and intriguing site above the River Lee, which covers some 53 acres and comprises numerous fascinating period buildings, including two ‘Hospitals’, (St Kevin’s is the red building & ...