[SisterK]

there were state hospitals open in the 60s and 70s
perhaps some older freepers can weigh in on this

[ansel12]

I was an observer in Western State (Mental) Hospital in 1973

Formerly known as ‘Western Washington Hospital for the Insane’ and before that ‘the Insane Asylum of Washington Territory’, Frances Farmer had been a patient there.

I didn’t say JFK closed the state hospitals, I said he emptied them, which was the effect over time.