On May 6, 1946, Life magazine published "Bedlam 1946," an exposé of two state ... undermanned mental "hospital" known as the "Dungeon," one can still read, after nine years, the five-word ...

themselves or others. In the nineteenth century, objects like these became a symbol of the "non-restraint" movement in British psychiatry. Bethlem superintendent W. Charles Hood (1824 - 70 ...

With the current cold snap and flu cases still yet to peak, Northern Ireland's heath service is bracing itself for a very challenging week ahead.

The Bethlem Royal Hospital (or Bedlam as it was also known by this period) is one of the world's oldest hospitals for the treatment of mental illness, and received visitors from around the world.