Bethlem Royal Hospital

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Bethlem Royal Hospital

Bedlam in 1896
Established 1247 as a Priory
Opened 1330 as a Hospital
Current Status Active
Building Style Pre-1854 Plans
Location London, England
Alternate Names
  • Bethlehem Hospital
  • St. Mary Bethlehem
  • "Bedlam"



Bethlem Royal Hospital is an active hospital for the treatment of mental illness located in London, United Kingdom; and is currently owned and operated by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Although no longer based at the original location of its 1247 founding, it is recognised as Europe's first and oldest psychiatric institution. The Hospital has been closely associated with King's College-London, and remains in partnership with the King's College-London Institute of Psychiatry. The hospital itself remains a major center for psychiatric, neorological and psycholgicla research.

The word bedlam, meaning 'an uproar or confusion', is derived from the hospital's prior name. Although currently a modern psychiatric facility, historically it became representative of the worst excesses of asylum abuses and neglect.


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