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Yes! Asylum is the name given to an institution for the mentally ill. It's also referred to as a psychiatric hospital. Asylums were largely used in the 19th century, but since the 1950's, the process of deinstitutionalizing has greatly reduced the number of asylums as well as admitted patients.

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