Gartnavel Royal Hospital
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Gartnavel Royal Hospital is a mental health facility based in the west end of Glasgow
, Scotland
. It provides inpatient psychiatric care for the population of the West of the City; covering Hillhead, Partick, Scotstoun, Yoker, Clydebank, Drumchapel, Bearsden and Milngavie. It used to house the regional adolescent psychiatric unit but this has recently moved to a new psychiatric unit at Stobhill Hospital
. Originally opened as the Glasgow Lunatic Asylum in 1814 in the Cowcaddens
area of Glasgow, it became the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum in 1824.
The facility moved to new premises designed by Charles Wilson
in 1843, becoming the Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital in 1931 and the Gartnavel Royal Hospital in 1963. Donald Ewen Cameron
worked at the hospital during the 1920s and R. D. Laing worked at the hospital for a number of years during the 1950s.
In December 1972, the Gartnavel General Hospital
opened on the same site.
, some of the buildings are unused. The modernisation of Gartnavel Royal was completed in 2007 and today a new 117-bed hospital building serves a significant population of Glaswegian inpatients, along with mental health facilities at Stobhill Hospital
and Parkhead
Hospital.
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. It provides inpatient psychiatric care for the population of the West of the City; covering Hillhead, Partick, Scotstoun, Yoker, Clydebank, Drumchapel, Bearsden and Milngavie. It used to house the regional adolescent psychiatric unit but this has recently moved to a new psychiatric unit at Stobhill Hospital
Stobhill Hospital
Stobhill Hospital is an Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Hospital, located in the district of Springburn in the north of Glasgow, Scotland. It serves the population of North Glasgow and part of East Dunbartonshire.-History:...
. Originally opened as the Glasgow Lunatic Asylum in 1814 in the Cowcaddens
Cowcaddens
Cowcaddens is an area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is virtually in the city centre and is bordered by the areas of Garnethill to the south and Townhead to the east....
area of Glasgow, it became the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum in 1824.
The facility moved to new premises designed by Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson (architect)
Charles Wilson was a Scottish architect from Glasgow.-Biography:Charles Wilson was the younger son of a Glasgow-based master mason and builder. After working for his father, he was articled to the architect David Hamilton in 1827...
in 1843, becoming the Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital in 1931 and the Gartnavel Royal Hospital in 1963. Donald Ewen Cameron
Donald Ewen Cameron
Donald Ewen Cameron , commonly referred to as "D. Ewen Cameron" or "Ewen Cameron," was a twentieth-century Scottish-born psychiatrist who was involved in the United States Central Intelligence Agency's research on mind control and served as President of the Canadian, American and World Psychiatric...
worked at the hospital during the 1920s and R. D. Laing worked at the hospital for a number of years during the 1950s.
In December 1972, the Gartnavel General Hospital
Gartnavel General Hospital
Gartnavel General Hospital is a teaching hospital in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. The hospital is located next to the Great Western Road, between Hyndland, Anniesland and Kelvindale. Hyndland railway station is adjacent to the hospital. The name Gartnavel is derived from the Gaelic Gart ...
opened on the same site.
, some of the buildings are unused. The modernisation of Gartnavel Royal was completed in 2007 and today a new 117-bed hospital building serves a significant population of Glaswegian inpatients, along with mental health facilities at Stobhill Hospital
Stobhill Hospital
Stobhill Hospital is an Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Hospital, located in the district of Springburn in the north of Glasgow, Scotland. It serves the population of North Glasgow and part of East Dunbartonshire.-History:...
and Parkhead
Parkhead
Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road and Westmuir Street. Duke Street and Springfield Road also meet there, to form a turreted Edwardian five-way junction at Parkhead Cross...
Hospital.