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Chicago-Read Mental Health Center (CRMHC, often called simply Read) is a state-run inpatient JCAHO -accredited facility with between 150 and 200 beds located in the neighborhood of Dunning on the northwest side of the city of Chicago close to O'Hare International Airport in the state of Illinois. It has served the adult residents of Chicago ...
The Elgin Mental Health Center (formerly Elgin State Hospital & the Northern Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane) is a mental health facility operated by the State of Illinois in Elgin, Illinois. Throughout its history, Elgin's mission has changed. At times, it treated mental illness, tuberculosis, and provided federally funded care for ...
Peoria State Hospital Historic District, also known as Bartonville State Hospital or Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane, was a psychiatric hospital operated by the State of Illinois from 1902 to 1973. The hospital is located in Bartonville, Illinois, near the city of Peoria in Peoria County. The hospital grounds and its 63 buildings are ...
Opened. 1869. Links. Website. dhs.state.il.us. Lists. Hospitals in Illinois. Anna State Hospital, contemporarily known as Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, is a public psychiatric hospital in Anna, Illinois, established in 1869. [3][1] The original hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan. [4]
When the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities was abolished in 1909, the institute was reorganized and renamed Kankakee State Hospital, effective January 1, 1910. In 1917, the Department of Public Welfare assumed responsibility for the Kankakee State Hospital and retained control until the creation of the Department of Mental Health ...
In 1917, the Department of Public Welfare assumed responsibility for Jacksonville State Hospital and retained control until the creation of the Illinois Department of Mental Health in 1961 (L. 1961, p. 2666). From 1944 to 1974, the hospital provided training in psychiatric nursing for students from general hospital nursing schools.
Elizabeth Packard. Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard (28 December 1816 – 25 July 1897), also known as E.P.W. Packard, was an American advocate for the rights of women and people perceived to have insanity. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] She was wrongfully committed to an insane asylum by her husband, who claimed that she had been insane for more than three years.
Chicago Lakeshore Hospital was a private behavioral health and addiction treatment center located in the north side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. In 2011 the hospital was cited for poor staffing, lax oversight, and numerous reports of sexual assault. [1] Chicago Lakeshore Hospital opened its children's psychiatric center in 2013. [2]