mental institution

Example Sentences

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All this, and the ensuing negative publicity, embarrassed Robert, who successfully brought suit to have his mother committed to a mental institution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

According to the Washington Post, “Schrank died in a mental institution in 1943.”

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2024

She was incarcerated for six years, most of which she spent in prison and some of which she spent in a mental institution and in exile in a Siberian penal colony.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024

But it soon became known as “the largest mental institution in the country,” a surge driven by the region’s worsening homelessness and behavioral health crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023

I paced around the cell thinking that I was in some kind of reverse mental institution where I'd only get released once I was totally screwed up.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos