The Retreat

The Retreat York
The Retreat York
	York Retreat original building c. 1796
	Showing site of York Retreat in North Yorkshire
Geography
Location	Heslington Road, Lamel Hill, York, England
Coordinates	53°57′03″N 1°03′47″W / 53.950972°N 1.063125°W
Organisation
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Psychiatry
History
Opened	1796
Links
Website	theretreatyork.org.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

The Retreat, commonly known as the York Retreat, is a place in England for the treatment of people with mental health needs. Located in Lamel Hill in York, it operates as a not for profit charitable organisation.

Opened in 1796, it is famous for having pioneered the so-called "moral treatment" that became a behaviour model for asylums around the world with mental health issues. Founded by William Tuke, it was originally only for Quakers but gradually became open to everyone.^[1] It inspired other progressive facilities such as the US Brattleboro Retreat, Hartford Retreat^[2] and Friends Hospital.^[3] The present day The Retreat seeks to retain the essence of early "moral treatment", while applying the principles to a modern healthcare setting.^[1] The Retreat withdrew from the delivery of inpatient services after 222 years on 31 December 2018.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Our History". The Retreat website. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
^ Shorter, Edward (1997). A history of psychiatry: from the era of the asylum to the age of Prozac. Wiley. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-471-24531-5. Retrieved 18 December 2010. The Hartford Retreat was founded in 1824.
^ Kim Van Atta, David Roby, Ross Roby (1980) An Account of the Events Surrounding the Origin of Friends Hospital & A Brief Description of The Early Years of Friends Asylum 1817–1820. Reprinted 1988 by The Winchell Company. Retrieved 8 July 2008
^ Laycock, Mike (18 December 2018). "The Retreat hospital in York to close services with 45 job losses". The Press. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[history-1] "Our History". The Retreat website. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

[2] Shorter, Edward (1997). A history of psychiatry: from the era of the asylum to the age of Prozac. Wiley. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-471-24531-5. Retrieved 18 December 2010. The Hartford Retreat was founded in 1824.

[3] Kim Van Atta, David Roby, Ross Roby (1980) An Account of the Events Surrounding the Origin of Friends Hospital & A Brief Description of The Early Years of Friends Asylum 1817–1820. Reprinted 1988 by The Winchell Company. Retrieved 8 July 2008

[Retreatclosure-4] Laycock, Mike (18 December 2018). "The Retreat hospital in York to close services with 45 job losses". The Press. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

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