Rye Psychiatric Hospital Center Explained

Rye Psychiatric Hospital Center
Location:	Rye
State:	New York
Country:	US
Type:	Specialist
Speciality:	Psychiatric hospital
Opened:	1973
Closed:	by 2014

Rye Psychiatric Hospital Center^[1] was a 34-bed^[2] investor-owned^[3] mental health facility located in Rye, New York. ^[4]

History

The name Rye Psychiatric Hospital Center was incorporated in 1973.^[5] By 2014 they had closed.^[6]

Rye^[7] had provided "services for the mentally ill." Patients included those with addictions, andwhose "behavior represents a danger to himself and others."^[8]

A famous patient 'vanished' from their facility, a lunatic asylum which The New York Times described as a Sanitarium.^[4] The hospital^[9] is sometimes referred to as "Rye Hospital Center".^[10]

Controversy

In 1984 the State of New York claimed that their facility was underutilized (and cut funding); their challenge was rejected.^{[11] [12]}

References

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Notes and References

1. News: . Lisa Perry Wed To a Psychiatrist . a social worker at the Rye Psychiatric Hospital Center. . October 17, 1983.
2. Web site: Rye Hospital Center.
3. News: . Opinion; Block Grants Termed Disguise For Cutbacks . .. New York State.. 14 of the 16 private psychiatric hospitals in the state are investor-owned. . Jack C. Schoenholtz.
4. News: The New York Times. Klemperer Gone From Sanitarium. March 2, 1941.
5. Web site: Rye Psychiatric v. Schoenholtz. May 7, 1984.
6. Web site: Rye Planning Commission Tuesday: McMansion #2 at Durland Scount Site; Rye Hospital Center Sub-Divides. the former site of the Rye Hospital Center on Boston Post Road, which closed recently. January 7, 2014.
7. Book: The Managed Healthcare industry -- A Market Failyre. Jack Charles Schoenholtz, MD. founding medical director of the Rye (psychiatric) Hospital Center in New York . 1912 . 978-1-4392-8061-4.
8. Web site: Matter of Michael S, 166 Misc. 2d 875, 878 (N.Y. Misc. 1995). involuntary admission and treatment of Michael S. to Rye Hospital Center, Rye, New York. . L. Harold . J. Wood . October 25, 1995.
9. Book: The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness . Lori Schiller . Amanda Bennett . 2008 . I chose to work at Rye Psychiatric Hospital Center because ...
10. News: The New York Times. WEDDINGS; Kai Singer, Christopher Falkenberg. medical staff at the Rye Hospital Center, in Rye, N.Y.. November 12, 2000.
11. Web site: Rye Psychiatric Hospital Center, Inc. v. State. November 21, 1991.
12. Web site: Rye Psychiatric Hosp. Center, Inc. v. Surles, 777 F. Supp. 1142 (S.D.N.Y. 1991). November 7, 1991.