Powick Hospital
Powick, United Kingdom · built 1847
Powick Hospital was a psychiatric facility located on 552 acres (223 ha) outside the village of Powick, near Malvern, Worcestershire. It opened in 1847 and at its peak, it housed around 1,000 patients in buildings designed for 400. During the 1950s the hospital gained an internationally acclaimed reputation for its use of the drug LSD in psychotherapy pioneered and conducted by Ronald A. Sandison. In 1968 the institution was surrounded by controversy concerning serious neglect of patients. In 1989 it was closed down leaving Barnsley Hall Hospital in Bromsgrove as the remaining psychiatric hospital in the county. Most of the complex has been demolished to make way for a housing estate.
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