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Displaying 67 Finding Aids
Title
- Patient case books
Series Number
- B2579
Summary
- This series documents patients of several facility branches, wards, and asylums. Extent of coverage is sometimes uncertain. Typical information includes names, dates of admission, ages, origins, and physical conditions of patients as well as observations of behavior, treatment procedures, and other notes.
Creator
- Manhattan State Hospital
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
- Reference copy of published statistics on British insane
Series Number
- B1500
Summary
- This series consists of a copy of the "Statistical Appendix to the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy." This published appendix, pertaining to patients in institutions for the insane in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was kept as a reference work at the State Asylum for the Insane in Utica, N.Y. It includes statistics for admissions; re-admissions; discharges; deaths; cures; forms and causes of insanity; hereditary dispositions; and causes of deaths.
Creator
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Monthly reports and minutes of meetings of boards of managers of state institutions
Series Number
- A0283
Summary
- This series consists of reports and minutes of meetings submitted to the governor by boards of managers of state institutions documenting their visitation and inspection of these institutions as required by law. The reports provide information on the condition of the facilities, financial and administrative matters, and population of the institution. The minutes detail the organization of the board and election of officers, and provide similar information on the institution and its population as do the reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor
Access Restrictions
- Partially restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).
Title
- Office of Mental Health Associate Commissioner subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 11956
Summary
- This series contains general administrative subject and correspondence files of the Associate Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health, and as such concern the direction and supervision of the department. Topics include developing long-range plans; supervision, direction, and control; and setting broad policy. Additionally, the series includes budgets, correspondence, memorandums and reports on both internal and external issues that affect the Office of Mental Health.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Willard Psychiatric Center patient case files
Series Number
- 14231_21
Summary
- These patient case files consist of the official forms and administrative data documenting the admission, legal status, assessment, treatment planning, treatment, and discharge of patients at Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center). Records include admission, death and discharge records; patient photographs; census statistics; and autopsy reports of patients.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Buffalo State Hospital patient case files
Series Number
- 14231_93
Summary
- This accretion documents the admission, legal status, assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients of Buffalo State Hospital (later Buffalo Psychiatric Center). Casebooks (Boxes 1-22) contain bound records pertaining to the admission and treatment of patients during the period from 1881 to 1898 (patient case file numbers 151 to 6449). Records which cover the period 1899-1920 (boxes 23-99) consist solely of medical records pertaining to patient care at the facility. These records include patient case file numbers 6456 to 16389. Black and white photographs of patients are included in later case files.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
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
- Manhattan State Hospital patient case files
Series Number
- 14231_21A
Summary
- These patient case files consist of the official forms and administrative data documenting the admission, legal status, assessment, treatment planning, treatment, and discharge of patients at Manhattan State Hospital. Records include admission, death, and discharge records; patient photographs; census statistics; and autopsy reports of patients.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13 of the Mental Hygiene Law relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.