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Bethlehem Royal Hospital (Bedlam) in London was an early psychiatric institution where inmates were mistreated for profit, leading to the spread of similar inhumane asylums. Psychiatrists in the 19th century used brutal biological treatments to legitimize their profession, with figures like William Batty and Benjamin Rush contributing to harmful practices like the tranquilizer chair.
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- The Bethlehem Royal Hospital, or Bedlam, was a notorious psychiatric institution in London where mentally ill individuals were mistreated, chained, and displayed for public entertainment, sparking a trend of similar abusive asylums that exploited the vulnerable for profit.
- Psychiatrists in the 19th century attempted to establish credibility for their field by employing harsh biological interventions like near-drowning devices and bloodletting, championed by individuals such as William Batty and Benjamin Rush, leading to the creation of harmful practices like the tranquilizer chair.
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Mistreated, chained, publicly viewed for profit.
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Early Psychiatric Institutions and Brutal Treatments
- Bethlehem Royal Hospital in London, known as Bedlam, was one of the earliest psychiatric institutions where inmates were mistreated, chained, and subjected to public viewing for profit in the 18th century, leading to the rise of similar inhumane asylums and the exploitation of the mentally ill for financial gain.
- Psychiatrists in the 19th century sought to legitimize their profession by implementing brutal biological treatments, such as near-drowning devices and bloodletting, under the guise of the medical model, with figures like William Batty and Benjamin Rush contributing to the harmful practices and the development of the so-called tranquilizer chair.
