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When founded, it was known as the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital. Its name was changed in 1913 to Bangor State Hospital, and then to Bangor Mental Health Institute. In 2005 it was renamed the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, in honor of Dorothea Dix, a pioneering 19th-century advocate for the improved treatment of the mentally ill.
Central Maine Medical Center: Central Maine Healthcare Lewiston: Androscoggin: Yes (Level III) c. 1860 –present Active: Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center: Department of Health and Human Services Bangor: Penobscot: No 1895–present Active - Behavioral health Down East Community Hospital Independent: Machias: Washington Yes Active: Franklin ...
The hospital trustees made plans to approach the Maine State Legislature to request funding, as over 2/3 of the patients being admitted were from outside of Bangor, but the plans were abandoned to allow for the money to fund the construction of the Eastern Maine Insane Asylum, now the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center. Instead, it purchased the ...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is the health department of Maine headquartered in Augusta, Maine, that provides public assistance, child and family welfare services, and oversees health policy and management. [1] It is the largest executive branch department in Maine, employing over 3,000 people. [1]
Blake House (Bangor, Maine) Broadway Historic District (Bangor, Maine) Building at 84–96 Hammond Street; C. ... Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center; F. Samuel Farrar ...
People tour a recently renovated historic home at Dorothea Dix Park on Friday, May 31, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. The house is one of three homes built in 1923 in a post World War I expansion of the ...
People who own property near Dorothea Dix Park could pay a special tax to help pay for the development of the city park. This is the first time Raleigh city leaders have discussed a special tax ...
Neighborhoods around Dorothea Dix Park face intense pressure as development begins in and around the city park. The city of Raleigh ordered a study of the neighborhoods that line the park’s edge ...