To say medical care has changed dramatically in Kentucky and everywhere else in 200 years could be considered a major understatement. If you zero in on psychiatric treatment, it becomes even more profound.
On May 1, 1824, Eastern State Hospital opened its doors along Lexington’s Newtown Pike. At the time it was considered the second state psychiatric hospital in the U.S. A 200th anniversary is being celebrated. At Friday’s event, Kelly Gunning of NAMI told how her son pleaded for her in 2002 to not leave him at a facility she said resembled something out of a Hitchcock movie.
