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DCF oversees three state psychiatric hospitals: Northeast Florida in Macclenny with 630 beds; Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee with 490 beds and North Florida Evaluation and Treatment ...
Florida State Hospital (FSH) is a hospital and psychiatric hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida. Established in 1876, it was Florida's only state mental institution until 1947. It currently has a capacity of 1,042 patients. The hospital's current Administration Building is on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
A road sign welcomes visitors to Northeast Florida State Hospital, where the brutal killings of two psychiatric patients have exposed safety concerns at the facility and other state mental hospitals
A patient at a psychiatric hospital in South Florida brutally beat up a roommate for about seven minutes and ripped the man’s eyes out of his sockets — leaving him permanently blind, police ...
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O'Connor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563 (1975), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court in mental health law ruling that a state cannot constitutionally confine a non-dangerous individual who is capable of surviving safely in freedom by themselves or with the help of willing and responsible family members or friends.
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Calhoun was committed to a Florida State Hospital, Chattahoochee, located in Gadsden County in 1956 following a suicide attempt. He suffered from what now is known as post-traumatic stress syndrome. He was later released in 1962 after he spurred an investigation leading to state mental health care reforms.