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• Psychiatric hospital, once known as an insane asylum, is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness
• Right of asylum, also known as Political asylum
  • Asylum seeker, also known as Refugee
• Destitute Asylum, an institution built in the 1850s in Adelaide, Australia for isolating cases of extreme poverty
• Orphan asylum, an institution dedicated to caring for orphans
• The Asylum, a film studio
• Asylum, youth group in CCC Centrewest, Cnr Egerton & Silverwater Rds Silverwater NSW

In music: A psychiatric hospital (also called, at various places and times, mental hospital or mental ward, historically often asylum, lunatic asylum, or madhouse), is a hospital specialising in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Right of asylum (or political asylum) is an ancient judicial notion, under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or Church sanctuaries (as in medieval times). ... Power lines leading to a trash dump hover just overhead in El Carpio, a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Costa Rica Under international law, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her... A destitute asylum was an institution established in the colony of South Australia in the 1840s to house deserted and destitute women and children not able to support themselves. ... // The first orphanages, called orphanotrophia, were founded in the 1st century amid various alternative means of orphan support. ... The Asylum is an American film studio. ...

• Asylum 45, a concept album by the Dutch band Non-Divine
• Asylum Records, an American record label geared primarily in hip-hop music
• Asylum (album), by the American hard rock band Kiss
• Asylum (Legendary Pink Dots album)
• Soul Asylum, a band formed in 1983, best known for their single "Runaway Train"
• Asylum (Band), A Garage Band From Illinois. There first song is called "RASH"

In entertainment: Asylum 45 is Dutch metal band Non-Divines debut album, released in February 2007 on Rusty Cage Records. ... Asylum Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, which currently is geared primarily in hip-hop music. ... Asylum is the 20th album by the American hard rock band Kiss. ... Asylum is a 1985 album by The Legendary Pink Dots. ... Soul Asylum is an alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. ...

• Asylum Entertainment an American entertainment company founded in 1992 by Brian Shaw

In fiction:

• Asylum (film) of the Patrick McGrath novel, made in 2005
• Asylum (1997 film), starring Robert Patrick
• Asylum (television), 1996 UK comedy series
• Asylum (comic), a comic series
• Asylum (1972 film), a 1972 horror film with Peter Cushing
• Asylum (2007 film), a 2007 horror film from director David R. Ellis
• Asylum (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who novel

In gaming Asylum is a 2005 film directed by David Mackenzie. ... Asylum was a British comedy series shown on Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996. ... Asylum is the name of a comics series. ... Asylum is a British horror film made by the Amicus Productions film company in 1972. ... Ayslum is a thriller movie from 20th Century Fox set to come out in 2007. ... Asylum is a BBC Books original novel written by Peter Darvill-Evans and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

• Asylum (arcade game), an overhead shoot 'em up arcade game released by Leland in 1991
• Asylum (video game), released for the Commodore 64 in 1986
• The last of the Shackled City Dungeons & Dragons adventures

In radio Asylum is an overhead shoot em up arcade game released by Leland in 1991. ... Starting screen of Asylum. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Shackled City can refer to the city of Cauldron or to Dungeon magazines Shackled City Adventure Path, a campaign that ran over the course of twelve issues and centers on that city. ...

• The Asylum (radio show), aired in the 1980s on WMBR

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