In the chapter Keepers and the following few tell of the different therapies each patient must go through. Different patients are diagnosed differently, so there are different therapies for certain people but for the most part everyone has the same therapies. The patients took none of this stuff seriously after the first few weeks of being put in. The hospital to them was much like prison and since they were considered crazy they felt they had no expectations anymore, and used that to their advantage in almost every situation. After long periods of time they all forget how to live like a normal person, this they were not proud of. They no longer had any rights, whether it was cutting bread or opening a window it all had to be done for them. If they felt sick or had a headache they had to be approved for medicine and were watched while taking it for precautions. Meal time had the same issues, whenever a patient wanted a certain food or drink the head nurse had to approve it for everyone. Nothing there was simple.
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