Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health units or behavioral health units, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.
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Psychiatry
Medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
An inpatient may be treated in a psychiatric hospital.
Bipolar disorder
Mood disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally-elevated happiness that last from days to weeks each.
Admission to a psychiatric hospital may be required if a person is a risk to themselves or others; involuntary treatment is sometimes necessary if the affected person refuses treatment.
Philippe Pinel
French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist.
He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral therapy.
Deinstitutionalisation
Deinstitutionalisation (or deinstitutionalization) is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability.
Psychiatric medication
Psychoactive drug taken to exert an effect on the chemical makeup of the brain and nervous system.
It meant that more patients could be treated without the need for confinement in a psychiatric hospital.
Involuntary treatment
Involuntary treatment (also referred to by proponents as assisted treatment and by critics as forced drugging) refers to medical treatment undertaken without the consent of the person being treated.
Such treatment normally happens in a psychiatric hospital after some form of involuntary commitment, though individuals may be compelled to undergo treatment outside of hospitals via outpatient commitment.
Broadmoor Hospital
Broadmoor Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.
Lunatic asylum
The lunatic asylum (alternatively mental asylum or insane asylum) was an early precursor of the modern psychiatric hospital.
The Retreat
Place in England for the treatment of people with mental health needs.
Opened in 1796, it is famous for having pioneered the so-called "moral treatment" that became a behaviour model for asylums around the world with mental health issues.
Hospital
Health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment.
Specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric) hospitals, and hospitals for dealing with specific medical needs such as psychiatric treatment (see psychiatric hospital) and certain disease categories.