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Western State Hospital (Kentucky)

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Construction began in 1848, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on The Western Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, which began admitting patients in 1854. Later renamed Western State Hospital, the facility currently operates as an inpatient center for the treatment of mental illness. It is on the National Register of
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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
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Western State Hospital (Kentucky) is located in Kentucky
Western State Hospital (Kentucky) is located in the United States
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
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Christian County MRA
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Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Western Kentucky
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