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'''Friends Hospital''', founded as ' The Asylum for Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason' by the Society of Friends in 1813, and is the United States's first private psychiatric hospital. It has been continuously running since it opened its doors in 1813.  
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'''Friends Hospital''', founded as ' The Asylum for Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason' by the Society of Friends in 1813, and is the United States' first private psychiatric hospital employed for the treatment of the mentally ill. It has been continuously operating since it first opened its doors in 1813.  
  
A leader in behavioral health care, Friends offers a system of comprehensive programs and services to people suffering from behavioral and emotional health problems. With 192 beds, Friends is the Delaware Valley's largest provider of inpatient behavioral health services, providing individualized programs for adolescents, adults, older adults and eating disorders. We have specialized programs for Women's Issues and Dual Diagnosis (mental health/substance abuse).
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== History ==
  
Friends Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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== Current Hospital ==
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A leader in behavioral health care, Friends offers a system of comprehensive programs and services to people suffering from behavioral and emotional health problems. With 192 beds, Friends is the Delaware Valley's largest provider of inpatient behavioral health services, providing individualized programs for adolescents, adults, older adults and eating disorders. We have specialized programs for Women's Issues and Dual Diagnosis (mental health/substance abuse). Friends Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  
 
The many surviving historic buildings at Friends Hospital are sited on a large campus located off busy Roosevelt Boulevard just below Oxford Circle that represent a rural oasis in otherwise urban Northeast Philadelphia. Extensive historical landscaping, including renowned azalea gardens (open to the public), are also included in the "National Historic Landmark" designation.
 
The many surviving historic buildings at Friends Hospital are sited on a large campus located off busy Roosevelt Boulevard just below Oxford Circle that represent a rural oasis in otherwise urban Northeast Philadelphia. Extensive historical landscaping, including renowned azalea gardens (open to the public), are also included in the "National Historic Landmark" designation.
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To provide for the suitable accommodation of persons who are or may be deprived of the use of their reason and the maintenance of an asylum for their reception, which is intended to furnish, besides requisite medical aid, such tender, sympathetic attention as may soothe their agitated minds, and under the Divine Blessing, facilitate their recovery.
 
To provide for the suitable accommodation of persons who are or may be deprived of the use of their reason and the maintenance of an asylum for their reception, which is intended to furnish, besides requisite medical aid, such tender, sympathetic attention as may soothe their agitated minds, and under the Divine Blessing, facilitate their recovery.
  
== Books ==
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== Adjacent Hospitals ==
  
Founding Friends, by Patricia D'Antonio
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[[Pennsylvania Hospital]]
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[[Philadelphia State Hospital]]
  
 
== Images of Friends Hospital ==
 
== Images of Friends Hospital ==

Revision as of 20:47, 1 January 2013

Friends Hospital

The Scattergood Building
Established 1813
Current Status Active
Building Style Pre-1854 Plans
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alternate Names Frankford Asylum, The Asylum for Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason



Friends Hospital, founded as ' The Asylum for Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason' by the Society of Friends in 1813, and is the United States' first private psychiatric hospital employed for the treatment of the mentally ill. It has been continuously operating since it first opened its doors in 1813.

History

Current Hospital

A leader in behavioral health care, Friends offers a system of comprehensive programs and services to people suffering from behavioral and emotional health problems. With 192 beds, Friends is the Delaware Valley's largest provider of inpatient behavioral health services, providing individualized programs for adolescents, adults, older adults and eating disorders. We have specialized programs for Women's Issues and Dual Diagnosis (mental health/substance abuse). Friends Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The many surviving historic buildings at Friends Hospital are sited on a large campus located off busy Roosevelt Boulevard just below Oxford Circle that represent a rural oasis in otherwise urban Northeast Philadelphia. Extensive historical landscaping, including renowned azalea gardens (open to the public), are also included in the "National Historic Landmark" designation.

1813 Mission Statement

To provide for the suitable accommodation of persons who are or may be deprived of the use of their reason and the maintenance of an asylum for their reception, which is intended to furnish, besides requisite medical aid, such tender, sympathetic attention as may soothe their agitated minds, and under the Divine Blessing, facilitate their recovery.

Adjacent Hospitals

Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia State Hospital

Images of Friends Hospital

Main Image Gallery: Friends Hospital



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