Closing the Asylums

Louise Hide

The Wellcome Collection

Thursday, November 14, 2019 6:00 pm EST

Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Rd
London NW1 2BE
United Kingdom

By the mid-1950s over 150,000 people were resident in psychiatric hospitals across England and Wales. Hear Dr Louise Hide explain why and how, by the end of the century, most of these vast Victorian institutions had closed.
 
There will be an opportunity for you to ask questions. 
 
Please be aware that this discussion contains content that some people might find distressing.