Today people are still incarcerated (they call it hospitalized) for the exact same reasons- although the laws in the US are tougher, in the UK you can be "sectioned"- which is to say that your mental "illness" is put on trial- and they force medication and hospitalization on people for indefinite amounts of time. Though treatment in many facilities has gotten better than just locking people in rooms and giving them lobotomies, many facilities have a complete lack of any sort of adequate care as of yet and use chemicals to lobotimize patients instead of offering them other treatments or therapy. News articles and advertisements are from the Port Townsend Daily Leader- Port Townsend Washington- from 1903-1915. All photos are taken from state hospitals that specialize(d) in psychiatric patients: Weston State Hospital, NY Flickr photos by infrantryturnedtanker Terrell State Hospital, TX Flickr photos by bluehurricane Rockland State Psychiatric Center, NY Flickr photo by Elephi Pelephi Ridges Lunatic Asylum, OH Flickr photos by Justin Masterson Traverse City State Hospital, MI Flickr photos by joseph a (Joseph) -building, and nostinkinhedges305- porch area Buffalo State Hospital, NY Flickr photo by MikeWebkist (Michael Cramer) Oregon State Hospital, OR photos by map (Flickr) and courtesy of Salem Oregon Public Library Historic Photograph Collections Lier Mental Hospital, Norway Flickr photos by naustvik (Jarle Naustvik) Northern State Hospital, WA Flickr photo by floodllama <b>...</b>