Condemned as evil, mental hospitals closed, leading to fragmented system. Dec. 20, 2012— -- It took filmmaker Lucy Winer several decades to come to terms with having been locked up in a ...

Goldberg, for her part, worked as a makeup artist at a funeral home. According to the moderator, her former boss played a ...

On June 21, 1967, at the age of 17, Lucy Winer was committed to the female violent ward of Kings Park State Hospital following a series of failed suicide attempts. Over 30 years later, now a ...

My favorite destination, though, is Nissequogue River State Park with its hike and bike trail, which was once a spur of the Long Island Rail Road serving the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center.