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Ward for violent female mental patients at Central State Hospital, Norman, Oklahoma
Ward for violent female mental patients at Central State Hospital, Norman, Oklahoma
This photo accompanied Part 4 (29 September 1946) of Gorman's report on Oklahoma state psychiatric hospitals. The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "A typical scene in one of the wards for violent female patients at Norman's Central State hospital. Patients are kept in seclusion cells for long periods, violating all modern psychiatric standards."
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