Western State Hospital (Kentucky)
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Western Lunatic Asylum
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| Nearest city | Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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| Built | 1854 |
| MPS | Christian County MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 79003612[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 30, 1979 |
The Western State Hospital, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky which was established in 1854 as the Western Lunatic Asylum, is an inpatient center for the treatment of mental illness. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It had a patient population as high as 2,200 by 1950. Improved medications for treatment of mental disorders allowed de-institutionalization and a decrease in inpatient numbers. The inpatient population as of 2004 was 220, from 34 counties in Western Kentucky. Its three facilities employed 650 workers in 2004.[2]
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