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EPPI was established April 18, 1949 through an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. | EPPI was established April 18, 1949 through an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. | ||
β | By 1979, the total statewide state hospital census was reduced to 10,573 and resulted in the closure of several state hospitals. The Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute was the fourth hospital to be closed | + | By 1979, the total statewide state hospital census was reduced to 10,573 and resulted in the closure of several state hospitals. The Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute was the fourth hospital to be closed after 1979, it closed in 1981. In 1996, EPPI merged into Hahnemann University's Residency program, eventually being purchased in 2002 by the Drexel University College of Medicine. In 2008, the property was leased to the city to temporarily house the Youth Study Center until a new building was ready in 2013. |
== Links & Additional Information == | == Links & Additional Information == |