Artist: Dewucme Special Edition: 5 Yr Anniversary in the NFT Community Medium: Photography Location: Unknown Style: Urbex (Abandoned) Colection: Abandonemet The facility operated under many names since it first opened in 1870 as the London Asylum for the Insane. From 1877 to 1900 it was headed by Richard Maurice Bucke, a revolutionary psychiatrist and friend of Walt Whitman The hospital’s first superintendent thought its peaceful, rural location would be healing for patients. The facility was soon turned into a working farm, as its second superintendent believed work therapy would benefit those with mental illnesses. Emphasizing work, as well as focusing on nutritious diets and fostering healthy social interactions, was part of the hospital’s decision to use moral therapy. This type of mental health treatment was rather progressive at the time, as it focused on emotional and social interactions and was seen as less cruel than previous methods.