Illinois State Hospital for the Insane (historic)

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The Illinois State Hospital for the Insane was a 19th-century psychiatric institution in Jacksonville, Illinois, that served as one of the state’s earliest public facilities for the treatment and confinement of people with mental illness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century institution ⓘ
mental health institution ⓘ
psychiatric hospital ⓘ
admissionType court-ordered confinement ⓘ
involuntary commitment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Illinois State Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville ⓘ
architectureUse purpose-built institutional complex for psychiatric care ⓘ
buildingUse institutional ⓘ
category 19th-century psychiatric hospitals in the United States ⓘ
defunct hospitals in Illinois ⓘ
psychiatric hospitals in Illinois ⓘ
city Jacksonville, Illinois ⓘ
context 19th-century mental health reform movement in the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
establishedBy State of Illinois legislature ⓘ
fundingType public ⓘ
geographicRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
governingBody Illinois state government ⓘ
hasFocus long-term institutionalization of patients ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOperation English ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of state-run psychiatric institution in Illinois ⓘ
one of Illinois’s earliest public facilities for mental health care ⓘ
jurisdiction Illinois ⓘ
legalStatusOfPatients persons adjudged insane under Illinois law ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Jacksonville, Illinois ⓘ
Morgan County, Illinois ⓘ
United States ⓘ
operatedBy State of Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Illinois
ownedBy State of Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Illinois
patientPopulation adults with mental illness ⓘ
individuals deemed insane under 19th-century law ⓘ
primaryFunction confinement of people with mental illness ⓘ
treatment of people with mental illness ⓘ
publicAccess no (patients and staff only) ⓘ
purpose to provide state-supported care for people with mental illness ⓘ
to remove mentally ill individuals from county jails and poorhouses ⓘ
regulatoryStatus state institution ⓘ
sector public health ⓘ
serviceType inpatient psychiatric care ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
status historic ⓘ
no longer operating as originally established ⓘ
treats mental illness ⓘ
psychiatric disorders ⓘ

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Jacksonville, Illinois → hasHistoricInstitution → Illinois State Hospital for the Insane (historic) ⓘ
Illinois State Hospital for the Insane → alsoKnownAs → Illinois State Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville ⓘ
linked to: Illinois State Hospital for the Insane (historic)