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After visiting Tennessee's first mental health facility, the Tennessee Lunatic Asylum, in November 1847, Dorothea Dix urged the state legislature to replace the unfit facility. [2] The new facility, named Central State Hospital for the Insane, opened in 1852 in southeast Nashville, Tennessee on the southwest corner of Murfreesboro Road and ...
It has also been known as the Western State Hospital for the Insane at Bolivar, as the Western State Psychiatric Hospital, and presently operates as the Western Mental Health Institute, serving 24 counties in West Tennessee. [1] [2] [3] Its 1889 building was designed by architect Harry Peake McDonald and his brothers Kenneth and Donald.
Psychiatric hospitals in Tennessee (2 P) Pages in category "Mental health organizations based in Tennessee" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Baptist Hospital (Knoxville, Tennessee) Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (1912-2000) Copper Basin Medical Center ; Decatur County General Hospital (Parsons) Dr. Fred Stone, Sr. Hospital (Oliver Springs, Tennessee) Gibson General Hospital ; Humboldt General Hospital (Hulmboldt; Jellico Medical Center ; Lakeway Hospital (Morristown, Tennessee)
The Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute was established in 1961 and continues to be in operation, although some park advocates hope for the mental health facility to be phased out. Additionally, the Moccasin Bend Golf Course, also established in the 1960s, remains in use to this day, and contributes to the fragmented nature of the park.
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Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane may refer to: Dodge Correctional Institution , formerly Central State Hospital for the Insane , in Waupun, Wisconsin, United States Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute , formerly Central State Hospital for the Insane , in Nashville, Tennessee, United States