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Definition of Mental hospital
1. Noun. A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person.
Specialized synonyms: Bedlam, Booby Hatch, Crazy House, Cuckoo's Nest, Funny Farm, Funny House, Loony Bin, Madhouse, Nut House, Nuthouse, Sanatorium, Snake Pit
Generic synonyms: Hospital, Infirmary
Derivative terms: Institutional, Institutionalise, Institutionalize
Definition of Mental hospital
1. Noun. A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Mental hospital
1. A medical institution for the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric and psychologic disorders. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mental Hospital
Literary usage of Mental hospital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"I shove things in my legs all the time and they don't care." RM expressed a desire
to return to the state mental hospital. "I wish I could," she says, ..."
2. Mental Health, United States, 1998 edited by Ronald W Manderscheid, Marilyn J Henderson (1999)
"State mental health agencies favor the expansion of community-based services at
the expense of State mental hospital services. ..."
3. Unsoundness of Mind by Thomas Smith Clouston (1911)
"The modern mental hospital is a totally different institution from the old "madhouse.
... The mental hospital is now one of the recognized parts of our ..."
4. Mental Health, United States, 1996 edited by Ronald W. Manderscheid, Mary A. Sonnenschein (1998)
"What should be the balance between community-based and State and county mental
hospital services? — State mental health agencies favor the expansion of ..."
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