why did so many psychiatric hospitals close
For too many years, society ignored state psychiatric hospitals and their patients. Often tucked away in rural areas, the hospitals were easy to avoid, and many patients were locked up and forgotten.As a result, the public paid little, if any, attention to state mental health programs or institutions.People no longer seem so bent on keeping these mental hospitals out of sight and out of mind.ften tucked away in rural areas, the hospitals were easy to avoid, and many patients were locked up and forgotten. As a result, the public paid little, if any, attention to state mental health programs or institutions.