E8: Central State Hospital was once the world’s largest mental hospital | Today it lies in ruins and holds the secrets of over a hundred years of secrets.

If you have never heard of the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, GA… well today is the day.  Once the largest mental hospital in the world, it’s history is astonishing and still mostly a secret today.  Join us for a horrible dive into the past of this hospital and the history of mental health itself.

The organization we are highlighting this episode is: NAMI GEORGIA

NAMI Georgia strives to :

• advocate at the county, state and national levels for non-discriminatory access to quality healthcare, housing , education and employment for people with mental illness.
• educate the public about mental illness.
• work to eliminate the stigma of mental illness.
• advocate for increased funding for research into the causes and treatment of mental illness.

https://namiga.org/get-involved/donate/

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Our sources for this episode are:

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/asylum-dark-past-relived-cycle-ends/uq2OK0dgHCeynhFUGba36O/

https://georgialibraries.omeka.net/s/central-state-hospital/page/the-beginning

http://www.peteearley.com/2019/03/15/the-worlds-largest-mental-asylum-from-the-horrors-of-the-back-wards-to-todays-jails-and-prisons/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5bUS7JMU5s