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|Body= The Vermont State Hospital for the Insane was built in 1890 in Waterbury, Vermont, in response to overcrowded conditions at the Vermont Asylum for the Insane in Brattleboro (Brattleboro Retreat after 1898), Vermont's first and only facility for the care of the mentally ill. Originally built for "the care, custody, and treatment of insane criminals of the state," the Waterbury State Hospital eventually became the temporary or permanent shelter for Vermonters with mild to severe mental disabilities and others who had been committed for epilepsy, depression, alcoholism, or senility. Throughout its history, methods of patient diagnosis and treatment varied according to the philosophy of the superintendent.
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|Body= Since 1839, the City of New York had been operating an asylum on Blackwell's Island for the care of the city's insane. At the time, the vast majority of the insane under municipal care were poor immigrants, who were pouring into New York City. As a result, the population of the Blackwell's Island Asylum steadily rose and remained in a perpetual state of overcrowding, providing only custodial care. To combat the rising population, the asylum built a three-story building for violent patients and later expanded it to a three-story building, formerly a workshop for the neighboring workhouse. Finally, a series of one-story pavilions was built; however, by 1868, the asylum had accommodation for only 640 of the 1035 patients under its care. The lack of room for expansion on Blackwell's Island, already home to the city's asylum, Prison, Almshouses, and Workhouse, led the city to look elsewhere. Nearby Ward's Island had been owned by the Department of Emigration since 1847 and was already home to other city institutions. As a result, a site was picked, and the new branch of the asylum was established in 1868, opening to patients on December 12, 1871.  [[Manhattan Psychiatric Center|Click here for more...]]
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Image of Eugene A. Stanley Early twentieth century efforts among reformers to reduce the stigma of mental illness and confinement in state hospitals yielded to the pessimism of the eugenics era, which brought back the stigma with a vengeance. It was during these years that Dr. Eugene A. Stanley directed affairs at Waterbury. An advocate of eugenics, Dr. Stanley testified in favor of the sterilization bills in 1927 and 1931, provided the Eugenics Survey access to patient records, and played an influential role as an advisor to the Eugenics Survey. He was a member of the sub-committee on "Care of the the Handicapped" for the Vermont Commission on Country Life.  [[Vermont State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
 
 
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Featured Article Of The Week

Manhattan Psychiatric Center


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Since 1839, the City of New York had been operating an asylum on Blackwell's Island for the care of the city's insane. At the time, the vast majority of the insane under municipal care were poor immigrants, who were pouring into New York City. As a result, the population of the Blackwell's Island Asylum steadily rose and remained in a perpetual state of overcrowding, providing only custodial care. To combat the rising population, the asylum built a three-story building for violent patients and later expanded it to a three-story building, formerly a workshop for the neighboring workhouse. Finally, a series of one-story pavilions was built; however, by 1868, the asylum had accommodation for only 640 of the 1035 patients under its care. The lack of room for expansion on Blackwell's Island, already home to the city's asylum, Prison, Almshouses, and Workhouse, led the city to look elsewhere. Nearby Ward's Island had been owned by the Department of Emigration since 1847 and was already home to other city institutions. As a result, a site was picked, and the new branch of the asylum was established in 1868, opening to patients on December 12, 1871. Click here for more...

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