Los Angeles County General Hospital psychopathic ward

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The Los Angeles County General Hospital psychopathic ward was a psychiatric detention unit in Los Angeles historically used to confine individuals—sometimes controversially—under claims of mental instability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hospital ward
psychiatric detention unit
associatedWith historical debates over civil liberties in psychiatric care
use of mental instability claims for confinement
country United States of America
surface form: United States
field mental health
psychiatry
hasCharacteristic controversial use in some cases
involuntary confinement
locked ward
hasNameVariant psychopathic ward of Los Angeles County General Hospital
legalStatusOfPatients often involuntary
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
Los Angeles County NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
operatedBy Los Angeles County Department of Health Services NERFINISHED
partOf Los Angeles County General Hospital NERFINISHED
Los Angeles County public mental health infrastructure
public hospital system of Los Angeles County
patientType individuals considered acutely mentally ill
individuals held for psychiatric evaluation
usedFor confinement of individuals deemed mentally unstable
psychiatric detention
short‑term observation of psychiatric patients

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Christine Collins detainedAt Los Angeles County General Hospital psychopathic ward