Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia)

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Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia is a historic psychiatric institution once known as one of the largest mental health facilities in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
mental health facility ⓘ
psychiatric hospital ⓘ
state hospital ⓘ
architecturalStyle varied 19th- and 20th-century institutional architecture ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Baldwin County, Georgia ⓘ
Hospitals established in 1842 ⓘ
Psychiatric hospitals in Georgia (U.S. state) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
formerName Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum ⓘ
Georgia State Sanitarium ⓘ
Milledgeville State Hospital ⓘ
governingBody State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
hasCulturalImpact influenced public perceptions of mental health care in Georgia ⓘ
subject of books, articles, and documentaries about psychiatric history ⓘ
hasFacility Central State Hospital Cemetery ⓘ
administration buildings ⓘ
medical treatment facilities ⓘ
multiple patient wards ⓘ
hasTypeOfPatient adult psychiatric patients ⓘ
forensic psychiatric patients ⓘ
historically, developmentally disabled patients ⓘ
heritageStatus considered a historic site in Georgia ⓘ
inception 1842 ⓘ
locatedIn Milledgeville, Georgia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Baldwin County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
mainFunction forensic psychiatric services ⓘ
long-term institutional care ⓘ
treatment of mental illness ⓘ
near downtown Milledgeville ⓘ
notableCharacteristic associated with long-term institutionalization practices ⓘ
campus-style institution with numerous buildings ⓘ
once one of the largest mental health facilities in the United States ⓘ
subject of investigations and criticism regarding patient care in the 20th century ⓘ
opened 1842 ⓘ
operatedBy Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities ⓘ
ownedBy State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
partOf Georgia state hospital system ⓘ
peakCapacityApproximate over 12,000 patients ⓘ
publicAccess partially restricted ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority State of Georgia mental health authorities ⓘ
serves residents of Georgia ⓘ
significantEvent decline following deinstitutionalization policies ⓘ
large-scale downsizing in late 20th and early 21st centuries ⓘ
peak patient population in mid-20th century ⓘ
rapid expansion in late 19th century ⓘ
status largely downsized compared to historical peak ⓘ

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Central State Hospital campus → partOf → Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia) ⓘ
Central State Hospital campus → alsoKnownAs → Milledgeville State Hospital campus ⓘ
linked to: Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia)
Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia) → formerName → Milledgeville State Hospital ⓘ
linked to: Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia)
Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia) → partOf → Georgia state hospital system ⓘ
linked to: Central State Hospital (Milledgeville, Georgia)