Reasons for Admission

[supergee]

Self-abuse and other mental illnesses that could get you locked up 150 years ago. I think my favorite is "Over action of the mind."

Thanx to debgeisler

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[wild_irises]

The mother of a friend of mine was institutionalized for "inappropriate friendliness," which her daughter and I can only assumes means sexualized behavior of some kind.

[oursin]

'Masturbatory insanity' was still being assigned a classification code by the British Board of Control (previously the Lunacy Commissioners) as late as 1930.