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|Body= In the autumn of 1848, when Dorothea Lynde Dix came to North Carolina, attitudes toward mental illness in this state, like the scanty facilities, remained generally quite primitive. Nevertheless, the North Carolina Legislature was not unaware of the concept of a state hospital for the mentally ill. Earlier in 1825, a resolution had been passed requesting information needed to plan for the establishment of a "lunatic asylum". Nothing came of it then, and again in 1838-1839, action stirred in this regard with no concrete results. In 1844, Governor Morehead strongly recommended that the state build institutions for the unfortunate insane, blind, and deaf, but the issue died without positive action. So things stood still in the fall of 1848, with Delaware and North Carolina remaining the two states of the original thirteen that had no state institution for the mentally ill.  [[Dorothea Dix Hospital|Click here for more...]]
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|Body= The first patients were received at the hospital in July 1896. Existing farmhouses were renovated to accommodate the first patients while the hospital buildings were being constructed. The first phase of the building program was the Men’s Group, located in the northern section of the hospital grounds. A Women’s Group, located at the southern end of the campus, was completed in 1900. As the hospital population rapidly expanded, additional buildings were erected, including the John Hubner Psychopathic Building, the Epileptic Colony, and significant expansions to the Men’s and Women’s Groups.  [[Springfield State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
 
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Revision as of 09:42, 31 August 2025

Featured Article Of The Week

Springfield State Hospital


Springfield SH 04.jpg

The first patients were received at the hospital in July 1896. Existing farmhouses were renovated to accommodate the first patients while the hospital buildings were being constructed. The first phase of the building program was the Men’s Group, located in the northern section of the hospital grounds. A Women’s Group, located at the southern end of the campus, was completed in 1900. As the hospital population rapidly expanded, additional buildings were erected, including the John Hubner Psychopathic Building, the Epileptic Colony, and significant expansions to the Men’s and Women’s Groups. Click here for more...

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