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in London, known then as Bedlam, which began admitting the mentally ill in 1403 and is mentioned in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The first American asylum was built in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1773. Before advancements in therapeutic treatment during the 19th and 20th century, these hospitals were moreso used to isolate the ostracised mentally

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