This building, called the Hémey building, originally housed the administration of the Salpêtrière hospital and the guards who were keeping the incarcarated poor and ill …
The chapel of the Salpêtrière Hospital, viewed from the adjoining courtyard. The chapel was commissioned in 1669 by Louis XIV. Designed by the architect Libéral …
Introduction: This study addresses a significant gap in the literature by conducting semi-structured qualitative interviews to explore the experiences of institutionalization during acute suicidality, comparing …
In 1852, Congress funded the first federal psychiatric hospital – the Government Hospital for the Insane – to treat mentally ill residents of the District …
A reproduction of a painting of one of the classrooms of the Salpêtrière Hospital by Tony Robert-Fleury. By the late 18th century, the hospital served …