• Danish: asyl
• Dutch: asiel
• Finnish: turvapaikka
• French: asile
• German: Asyl
• Hebrew:
• Indonesian: asilum, suaka, perlindungan
• Japanese: 避難所 (hinan-jo), 養護施設 (yōgo-sisetsu)
• Maltese: refuġju
• Romanian: azil
• Serbian: azil

• Dutch: psychiatrische instelling
• Finnish: mielisairaala
• French: asile psychiatrique
• German: psychiatrische Anstalt
• Maltese: manikomju
• Romanian: azil

See also

• refugee

Asylum may refer:

• Psychiatric hospital, once known as an insane asylum or mental asylum, is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness
• 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
• Right of asylum, also known as Political asylum
• Asylum seeker, also known as Refugee

In music:

• 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 (band) A Croatian Industrial metal band
• Asylum (Legendary Pink Dots album)
• Soul Asylum, a band formed in 1983, best known for their single "Runaway Train"
• Asylum (song), a single by The Orb from their 1997 album Oblivion
• Asylum #9 (song), a track by W.A.S.P from their 2004 album The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise
• The Asylum Tour of Emilie Autumn
• "Asylum" is a song written by Alanis Morissette during the Flavors of Entanglement sessions.

In entertainment:

• The Asylum, a film studio

In fiction:

• Asylum (film) of the Patrick McGrath novel, made in 2005
• 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
• Asylum (Supernatural), an Episode of TV series starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles

In non-fiction:

• Asylums, a nonfiction book by Erving Goffman.

In gaming

• Asylum (1991 video game), an overhead shoot 'em up arcade game released by Leland in 1991
• Asylum (1986 video game), released for the Commodore 64 in 1986
• The last of the Shackled City Dungeons & Dragons adventures
• Shadow Man a video game by Acclaim Entertainment
• The predecessor to the 1986 Commodore 64 game was a version which utilized ASCII graphics for the original IBM PC in 1982

In radio

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

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