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|Body= Pennsylvania governor John S. Fine signed into law the construction of a new psychiatric hospital on July 20, 1953. The original time estimate for its consrtuction was 1956. However, due to roadblocks thrown up by neighbors and teh resistance of local interest groups, it was delayed until June 13, 1961, and did not open until October of 1962. Its first superintendant, Dr. Jack Kremens, stated that he had every intention of making this facility state of the art, with the intention of leading the industry in superior patietn care. However, his ambitions were severally limited to the small size of Haverford, and the era which it first opened its doors. During its tenure as an active state psychiatric site, it was renown for the body of clinical research it produced. A number of studies were completed, in association with the University of Pennslyvania, which involved the inpatient population directly. These studies usually ranged into a variety of subjects, but are still used by the psychiatric adn professional psychological community. One of the most enduring is these studies, was one linking Schizophrenia with ongoing tobacco use.
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|Body= Mendota opened on July 14, 1860 when it admitted a patient who had been brought all the way from Oconto County...a long trip by horse and wagon. Even though the hospital was not yet ready to open, that Saturday it was decided that, because of the distance the patient had been brought, he should be received. Thus began Mendota's ready response to the needs of patients and communities, which has been its tradition.
  
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When Haverford State Hospital was built it was designed to be a model of luxury care for the mentally ill. Haverford State was known by some of the locals as the "Haverford Hilton", and sometimes the "Haverford Country Club", because of the expense that went into its construction anda maintainence. The physical site itself boasted a four-lane bowling alley, a soda fountain, a pool and billards room and private rooms to all of its patients. It possessed a library containing 4,000 volumes for the access of the patient population. There was 12,4000 ft. therapy room dedicated exclusively to occupational and inductrial therapy opporunities.  [[Haverford State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
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Mendota has gone through many changes since then, some of them dramatized in the changes in its name. It opened as an "Asylum", appropriate in an era when little could be done for the mentally ill except to house and care for them...i.e. to give them asylum...when their families and communities could no longer cope with their needs.
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In a later era, when patients were recognized as having an illness...mental illness...the name was changed to Mendota State Hospital, reflecting its responsibility for providing treatment.
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In more recent times, with the discovery of psychiatric medications and with new approaches (some of which resulted from research at Mendota itself) it became possible for the mentally ill to be treated in community hospitals and clinics. But there remained a need for a place for those who required more specialized treatment than most community hospitals and clinics could provide, and where the tradition of research, education, and consultation that Mendota had already established could continue. Mendota was then changed to its present name of Mendota Mental Health Institute.  [[Mendota Mental Health Institute|Click here for more...]]
 
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Revision as of 04:45, 2 August 2020

Featured Article Of The Week

Mendota Mental Health Institute


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Mendota opened on July 14, 1860 when it admitted a patient who had been brought all the way from Oconto County...a long trip by horse and wagon. Even though the hospital was not yet ready to open, that Saturday it was decided that, because of the distance the patient had been brought, he should be received. Thus began Mendota's ready response to the needs of patients and communities, which has been its tradition.

Mendota has gone through many changes since then, some of them dramatized in the changes in its name. It opened as an "Asylum", appropriate in an era when little could be done for the mentally ill except to house and care for them...i.e. to give them asylum...when their families and communities could no longer cope with their needs.

In a later era, when patients were recognized as having an illness...mental illness...the name was changed to Mendota State Hospital, reflecting its responsibility for providing treatment.

In more recent times, with the discovery of psychiatric medications and with new approaches (some of which resulted from research at Mendota itself) it became possible for the mentally ill to be treated in community hospitals and clinics. But there remained a need for a place for those who required more specialized treatment than most community hospitals and clinics could provide, and where the tradition of research, education, and consultation that Mendota had already established could continue. Mendota was then changed to its present name of Mendota Mental Health Institute. Click here for more...

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