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McLean Asylum for the "Insane" opens and admits its first patient.

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The McLean Asylum for the "Insane" becomes the first well-known mental health facility in the U.S. Most people who are admitted to early American mental health facilities are people living with dementia, seizure disorders, diseases involving paralysis, or advanced neurosyphilis.