Philadelphia State Hospital — the psychiatric facility colloquially known as Byberry because of its location at Roosevelt Boulevard and Southampton Road in Northeast Philadelphia — was almost ...

The Philadelphia mental health community marked the 25th anniversary of the closing of Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry with a discussion at Temple University last week. The hospital closed down ...

According to the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, overcrowding became a near-instant problem at Byberry, followed by claims of mass abuse and neglect. New mental health center in Doylestown ...

Knisley, a state welfare official who came to Pennsylvania two years ago to revamp the mental health ... that the closing of Philadelphia State Hospital, also known as Byberry, was a “tough ...

The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia invites the public to discover the history of Byberry at a free ...

Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. PHILADELPHIA-The state has agreed to transfer the 131-acre former Philadelphia State Hospital for the Insane, better known as ...