President Donald Trump has said he would be open to bringing back "insane asylums" to imprison people with "serious mental illness". In an interview with the Daily Caller published on Monday, the ...

The received medical wisdom of the 19th century was that assertive, ambitious women were unnatural, and therefore sick.

(CNN) — Steve Roberts isn’t sure he believes in ghosts. But without them, he can’t really explain what happened several months ago at Pennsylvania’s infamous Pennhurst Asylum. In May, he joined a ...

You wouldn’t think to find one of the world’s most innovative asylums in Montrose, Scotland. Montrose is a small town between the cities of Aberdeen and Dundee. It became a significant trading center ...