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By 1970 the last class of nurses in the School of Nursing graduated and the courses were transferred to St. Lawrence College. During its 68 years of operation, 654 students, including 44 males, graduated. The same year, the operating room closed. A new Physiotherapy Department in 1977 included a hydrotherapy room with a whirlpool, wax baths and hot pack treatment. Infra-red heat treatment, electrical simulation and muscle testing was also done and the treatment room was used for special therapies such as manual manipulations and chest physiotherapy. A medium security forensic unit with 40 beds and a unit for developmentally challenged adults opened.
 
By 1970 the last class of nurses in the School of Nursing graduated and the courses were transferred to St. Lawrence College. During its 68 years of operation, 654 students, including 44 males, graduated. The same year, the operating room closed. A new Physiotherapy Department in 1977 included a hydrotherapy room with a whirlpool, wax baths and hot pack treatment. Infra-red heat treatment, electrical simulation and muscle testing was also done and the treatment room was used for special therapies such as manual manipulations and chest physiotherapy. A medium security forensic unit with 40 beds and a unit for developmentally challenged adults opened.
  
The campus continues to undergo transition but the need for specialized and dedicated mental health remains a priority and a requirement in the mental health care system. The prime considerations in patient care from 1894 to the present have remained patient dignity and support for recovery. The size of the Brockville property has decreased to 52 acres, and the farm and gardens, bakery and butcher shop are no longer operational. The current patient population consists of 200 inpatients and 1,200 outpatients, many of whom at one time required lengthy and intensive hospitalization.
 
 
The approach to patient care has now shifted from a largely inpatient care model to one where the majority of patients receive treatment in the community. This community treatment model was pioneered at the former Brockville Psychiatric Hospital and is now used widely throughout the province and across the country. Though slated for closure in 1999, the ongoing need for mental health services has meant that the Brockville Mental Health Centre continues to operate as an accredited psychiatric teaching facility, affiliated with the University of Ottawa and Queen's University. The campus provides forensic psychiatry treatment for 100 Ontario Correctional inmates, and 59 long-term care forensic patients. It also provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services to approximately 1,300 patients in Eastern Ontario.
 
  
  

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