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Ward Reports

Piles of ward reports from the 1970s were stacked high in one closet.
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Thank you for respecting their privacy Motts.
emma
Mon 03-15-2010
I echo emma's sentiment. That shows real respect.
mdprice
Mon 03-15-2010
these always scare me...i dunno. it's like bits of life...
ginberry
Mon 03-15-2010
As an archivist, I can't help but look with horror at how much has been left to rot. (Granted, the entire building has been left to rot, but things like these, they should have been simple enough to relocate. I recall reading that the Buffalo State Hospital had their complete run of records, 1880 onwards, sitting in the vacant section up until the early 1990s).
Alex J
Mon 03-15-2010
They left quite a bit of confidential records in that old hospital even after that.
Motts
Mon 03-15-2010
makes you wonder if the people are still alive
Joe
Mon 03-15-2010
That's reaaaally cool. Finding physical evidence that people were actually IN the building . . .
redinkreign
Mon 03-15-2010
Its sad to say but this is what happend to the people who were left to die in these places. God only know's what went on behind those hospital doors.
Julia
Tue 03-16-2010
Oh Lynne where are you when you are needed?
TootUncommon
Tue 03-16-2010
Yes, Toot, has anyone heard from Lynne? I wonder how she's doing. I hope she's doing well. Hello Lynne if you should read this. Contact us!
Dawn Michelle
Tue 03-16-2010
LAWLZ, confidentiality fail.
Dylan
Fri 03-19-2010
cound make interesting reading
Christina
Tue 03-23-2010
What about HIPA? ;) I am always so surprised when I see pics like this. How can they just leave confidential records behind? So stupid, you know?
Kathy W.
Tue 04-06-2010
What is it with records like these left lying around at state hospitals everywhere!? My great-grandmother's sister was goofy and lived in one, and if someone found her records and somehow traced them to me, I'd be really irritated and embarrased....
Kolfritz
Thu 04-22-2010
I would never be embarrased about a family member in a mental institution-they need our prayers, not our shame. Family counts no matter what the circumstances. In fact, I had an much older cousin (she's dead now, God rest her soul) that lived at the Kirkbride at Worcester State Hospital. She suffered from Major Depression. I also had an aunt who was hospitalized for a short time for depression. She even had electro-shock therapy twice! Once in the 50's and another, by her own request, in the 70's. For her, amazingly, it snapped her out of the depression.
MARIE, CMT
Fri 04-23-2010
Soo awesome thats what I want to see, because that tells you what really went on in the hospital.
scone
Sat 05-29-2010
For some people, electroshock therapy did help. It's not like their hooking you up and you look like Frankenstein - Hollywood totally glamorizes, for good or bad, some of these things to the point where we have a completely ridiculous idea of what it was like. That and lobotomies - some patients actually *did* benefit from them, apparently, but they were few and far between.
NikonFM
Thu 08-12-2010
Thank you, NikonFM. I have been in McLean Hospital a lot, and they use ECT (shocks) quite a bit. I've seen it really help a lot of people. I even tried to get my psychiatrist to schedule me for treatments, but alas, I'm not eligable.
Jayden
Sat 11-27-2010
I would have spent hours looking through those papers...what an interesting glimpse into what went on there...although yes, major violation of HIPPA!
Melli3322
Sun 12-12-2010
Me too Melli, but it would have been worth the fine and jail time (if need apply)
Meri
Thu 12-23-2010
Very well said Marie CMT. Mental illness & depression is a disease, not a lifestyle choice. There's no shame in being sick.
Larry D
Fri 01-21-2011
I always loved your work. I have been looking at it for years. Thank you for blocking out the names. Your work that you do will help not let these places be forgotten. We must remember. These people were human too. Still are if alive. Keep up the good work.
Ken K. (Boston)
Mon 02-28-2011
Proper Procedure is duely noted! HIPA would be sooo proud!
Lucy
Sat 10-22-2011

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