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| established = 1847
 
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| construction_began = 1851
 
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| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]  
 
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| building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] (Demolished)
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| building_style = [[Kirkbirde Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]]
 
| architect(s) = Solomon Jenkins (Original Building) & Morris Frederick Bell (Later modifications)  
 
| architect(s) = Solomon Jenkins (Original Building) & Morris Frederick Bell (Later modifications)  
 
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Near the close of the 1970s, Fulton State Hospital applied for Medicaid funding of Geriatric individuals. This was the first time Medicaid funds were used for a psychiatric facility in the Division of Mental Health. Throughout the 1980s, the primary diagnoses of individuals hospitalized at Fulton State Hospital were schizophrenia and manic-depression. A new emphasis was placed on the reintegration of recovering individuals into the social setting. Treatment was expanded to include individual and group therapy, drug therapy, vocational rehabilitation, physical and psychological testing, speech and hearing services, education, and employment-preparedness projects.<ref>From the Missouri State Department of Mental Health website</ref>
 
Near the close of the 1970s, Fulton State Hospital applied for Medicaid funding of Geriatric individuals. This was the first time Medicaid funds were used for a psychiatric facility in the Division of Mental Health. Throughout the 1980s, the primary diagnoses of individuals hospitalized at Fulton State Hospital were schizophrenia and manic-depression. A new emphasis was placed on the reintegration of recovering individuals into the social setting. Treatment was expanded to include individual and group therapy, drug therapy, vocational rehabilitation, physical and psychological testing, speech and hearing services, education, and employment-preparedness projects.<ref>From the Missouri State Department of Mental Health website</ref>
 
Five years after former Gov. Jay Nixon won legislative approval for the $211 million project, the Missouri Department of Mental Health opened the new Nixon Forensic Center in early July 2019. The new building is shaped like a backward “S” with wide hallways, high ceilings and ample use of natural light. The 500,000-square-foot complex features 300 beds separated into 12 living groups of 25 each. Fulton State Hospital consists of treatment units for high and intermediate security patients (Nixon Forensic Center, 300 beds), individuals with developmental disabilities (Hearnes Forensic Center), and the Sexual Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services (SORTS) program (Guhleman Forensic Center).
 
  
 
==Books==
 
==Books==

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