Why Mental Asylums Were Bad in the 1950's

During the 1950’s, more than half a million people in the United States were in mental asylums and lots of them were in there for life.

At one point, there was not even enough beds for all the patients being admitted.

These places were so widely supported and were deemed as helpful for those with mental illnesses. At least by societies standards.

Many babies are put into these asylums for the slightest thing along with children. Almost everyone was labeled as a person with a disability.

Mental asylums at this time period were promoted as a safe space for all ages of people to get treatment for their illnesses. This was not the case at all.

Many people who went to these asylums spoke about how it was worse than being locked up in prison or jail. How they were treated as if they were the scum of the earth.

Doctors and nurses had no respect for them as their patients. One person in particular stated that there was a lot of abuse going on behind closed doors in these asylums.

How they were tortured by experiments and some people did not get any good treatment at all. An were tortured daily.

These mental asylums were supposed to care for people with mental illnesses and issues but they treated them as if they were insane.

I am sure the patients in these places felt as if they were crazy when in reality, they were not just suffering because of treatment from doctors and nurses but they just needed more help.

A good example is with a person with anxiety they just need support and to take their own steps without being pressured or having tough love.

Someone who is autistic, they just need support and guidance.

They can do things on their own but may need more attention and help than others. They are not monsters.

I do not agree with mental asylums back in the 1950’s but I think they should have been more monitored and made sure that the patients were getting the right treatment.

I do not think that those who were put in these should not have been able to see their families.

Lots of people that have been to these asylums could not see their families at all or their families disowned them once they were admitted as a patient.

It is so sad to hear but mental asylums should have not been looked down upon on and should have been a better place for those who were mentally ill.

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