Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Explained
| Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center |
| State: | New York |
| Country: | US |
| Funding: | Government |
| Type: | Specialist |
| Speciality: | Psychiatric |
| Opened: | 1836 |
| Former-Names: | Utica State Hospital |
Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center[1] [2] is a state-run psychiatric hospital located in Utica, New York.
Facilities
Utica State Hospital was founded in 1836 and opened in 1843.[3] It was New York State's first state-run mental health facility, and one of the first of its kind in the United States. The building was closed in 1977, and is now used for records storage.[4] [3] [5]
The McPike Addiction Treatment Center is a 68-bed inpatient facility.[6]
The center runs a special education school for grades 4 through 12.[7]
The center's inpatient psychiatric unit closed in 2012.[8] [9]
Notes and References
- News: . A Fight to Preserve Abandoned Asylums; Sales Seen as Threat to Landmarks Of Architecture and Idealism . the Utica State Hospital, now called the Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center . Tracie Rozhon . November 18, 1998.
- News: New York Times. Amanda Belt, Alan Alsheimer Jr. - The New York Times. September 23, 2007.
- News: New York Times. THE INSANE OF NEW YORK; Annual Report of the State Commission in Lunacy. SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS Much Cheaper Entertaining the Insane by the State Than Under the Old and Abandoned System.. October 13, 1895.
- News: New York Times . Mental Patients Transferred to L.I. . "Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center in Utica" . Phillip Lutz . April 3, 1988.
- Web site: United States Hospital Main Building . passage March, 1836, of 'An Act to Authorize the Establishment of the New York Lunatic Asylum'.
- Web site: McPike Addiction Treatment Center.
- Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for MOHAWK VALLEY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH . 2023-07-26 . nces.ed.gov . EN.
- Web site: 2013-02-05 . Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center: The Aftermath . 2023-07-26 . WUTR/WFXV . en-US.
- Web site: Region still struggling to care for mentally ill after closure of psych center . 2023-07-26 . 2015-11-22 . Utica Observer Dispatch . en-US.
