Psychiatry In England Broadmoor Hospital What is psychiatry

Psychiatry In England Broadmoor Hospital

What is psychiatry? What people think • Psychiatry: science that focuses on helping mentally sick people • Psychiatrist: someone who helps sick people by talking and playing with them The real definiton • Psychiatry: branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders • Psychiatrist: a medical doctor who specializes in mental health;

More deeply about diseases and treatments • Some well known disorders • Can they be treated? How?

Englands biggest mental asylum • Broadmoor Hospital : the village of Crowthorne; founded in 1863 • Most well-known high-security psychiatric hospital in England • All inmates are male • The hospital might seem to be a prison

The inmates • The hospital has place for 240 patients • Most patients stay at the facility for five to six years • Patients are often transferred to lower security facilities • Most notable person at Broadmoor : Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe • Other notorious patients : Ø Ian Ball Ø Ronnie Kray Ø Robert Napper Ø Charles Bronson

The structure and conditions “Our vision” “Our values” • Togetherness • Responsibility • Excellence • Caring One of three high-security psychiatric hospitals in England

“What is the process of entering the hospital? ” “Once in the units are you free to walk around on your own? ” “Has your security ever been put at risk at there? ”

Fun facts • Two part documentary • Every Monday a banshee wail howls out • No other prison hospital has such a criminal collection • Among the first inmates: 1. Edward Oxford(18) 2. Roderick Mac. Lean • Many women were imprisoned in Broadmoor • Daniel Gonzalez wanted to be Freddy Krueger •

Edward Oxford and Roderick Maclean

Questions 1. What kind of hospital is Broadmoor? 2. What is the gender of inmates? 3. Who is one of Queen Victoria’s would be assassin?

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