Central State Hospital - Discussion
Anonymous
· Oct. 30, 2025, 5:41 p.m.
Discussion thread for Central State Hospital.
Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia, opened in 1842 as the state's first psychiatric hospital and grew to become one of the world's largest mental institutions, housing over 12,000 patients at its peak in the 1960s. Its history includes periods of horrific overcrowding and brutal treatment, but also gradual reform, leading to the eventual closure of its major programs and a shift to community-based care in the early 2010s. Today, a small portion of the campus remains operational, wh
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