High Royds Pauper Lunatic Asylum - I have been reading about the history, it was a mental health facility?

High Royds Pauper Lunatic Asylum - I have been reading about the history, it was a mental health facility?that began in 1888. Do people have any experiences they wish to share about their experiences in a mental health facility either in the 1950s or now?

Here is the web site

http://www.highroydsarchive.co.uk/id2.html

THis website is very interesting.

Do you think that mental health treatments have got better or worse. Do you think that the staff at community based mental health treatment centres are as dedicated/not dedicated?

Also there was a lot written in ECT http://www.highroydsarchive.co.uk/id20.html

The patients and their stories of electric shock therepy were very sad.

Answer by servicedogstar
they've improved but peoples life's are still being controlled and there still being force into treatments that are damaging mentally and psychically

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