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Displaying 4 Finding Aids
Title
- Willard Psychiatric Center admission and discharge registers
Series Number
- B1456
Summary
- This series consists of registers of admitted and discharged patients at Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center). Also included are a few quarterly or annual statistical summaries. Earliest registers include marital status; habits (snuff, tobacco, etc.); nativity; occupation; religion; if mental illness in family and how supported. Later registers usually includes consecutive number of admission or discharge; name of patient; date; form (dementia, mania, etc.) and treatment result (if discharged). Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Willard State Hospital staff notes on patient diagnosis
Series Number
- B1463
Summary
- This series consists of notes from staff meetings at Willard State Hospital. The notes document staff presentations and discussions of cases of individual patients. Information includes date; staff in attendance and persons giving reports and summaries. Patients discussed were sometimes at the meetings. Their statements and staff's observations of them are included. Reports include case abstracts; patients' social, physical, and mental histories and diagnoses; treatment histories; and present symptoms. Diagnoses and parole decisions are sometimes noted. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Patient diagnosis meeting notes
Series Number
- B1592
Summary
- This series consists of eight typewritten volumes of patient case histories and diagnoses. The format of a diagnosis typically consists of a family history; personal history; description of onset of symptoms of mental disturbance; abstract of continued notes; notes of interview prior to presentation; conclusions; diagnosis; prognosis; proposed treatment; extensive notes of interview of patient at staff meeting; and staff discussion and conclusion of each physician present at the meeting.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Willard State Hospital minutes of Committee on After Care
Series Number
- B1464
Summary
- This series consists of meeting minutes of the Willard State Hospital Committee on Mental Hygiene and After Care. Members of the committee were mostly private citizens interested in the wellbeing of patients after they were discharged from Willard State Hospital. Minutes provide reports on former patients and recommendations for re-hospitalization, ongoing supervisory care, financial aid, or employment. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Data on patients is restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.