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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pitnoun

    pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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  1. nuthousenoun

    A lunatic asylum.

    That guy is crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse.

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  1. nuthouse

    Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociative identity disorder, major depressive disorder and many others. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialize only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients. Others may specialize in the temporary or permanent containment of patients who need routine assistance, treatment, or a specialized and controlled environment due to a psychiatric disorder. Patients often choose voluntary commitment, but those whom psychiatrists believe to pose significant danger to themselves or others may be subject to involuntary commitment and involuntary treatment. Psychiatric hospitals may also be called psychiatric wards/units (or "psych" wards/units) when they are a subunit of a regular hospital. The modern psychiatric hospital evolved from and eventually replaced the older lunatic asylum. The treatment of inmates in early lunatic asylums was sometimes brutal and focused on containment and restraint. With successive waves of reform, and the introduction of effective evidence-based treatments, most modern psychiatric hospitals emphasize treatment, and attempt where possible to help patients control their lives in the outside world, with the use of a combination of psychiatric medications and psychotherapy. Exceptions include Japan, where many psychiatric hospitals still use physical restraints on patients, tying them to their beds for days or even months at a time, and India, where the use of restraint and seclusion is endemic.

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  1. nuthouse

    A nuthouse is a slang term often used to refer to a psychiatric hospital or mental institution. It can also generally refer to a place or situation characterized by chaos, confusion, or craziness. Please note this term can be interpreted as offensive or derogatory when referring to mental health facilities or individuals suffering from mental illnesses.

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  1. Nuthouse

    Nuthouse is the third and final full-length album from the Canadian band Haywire.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nuthouse in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nuthouse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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