Willard Psychiatric Center background materials for Board of Visitors' reports
Series Number
B2505
Summary
These records consist of materials used to generate final monthly reports of the Board of Visitors. They contain summaries of work performed by functional units at Willard (primarily statistical analysis) and raw statistical data pertaining to patients and staff. The board was responsible for reviewing incidents involving staff and/or patients to ensure that standards for quality of service were being met.
Creator
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 application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled Chairperson's outgoing correspondence
Series Number
19355
Summary
This series consists of copies of the outgoing correspondence of Commission Chairman Clarence Sundram. The files are tissue carbon copies through 1982, and photocopies after that date. An index log for 1978-1998, listing name of correspondent and subject of the letter/memo, is available.
Creator
New York (State). State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled. Executive Bureau
Access Restrictions
Restricted by Mental Hygiene Law sect. 33.13 and other applicable statutes.
The monthly reports of the Board of Visitors of Willard Psychiatric Center consist of superintendent/directors' reports and Board of Visitors meeting minutes. The reports discuss epidemics; patient and staff health; accidents; department reports; statistics related to admissions, deaths, and discharges; staff promotion and activities; and fund allocations. The minutes record each member's observations, inspections, and interviews.
Creator
Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Office of Mental Health Bureau of Management Services formal communications records
Series Number
B2529
Summary
This series consists of communication records in the form of reports, policies and procedures, and guidelines for staff of the Office of Mental Health. These documents provide guidance on operating facilities, coordinating health care, maintaining accounts, and various reporting requirements.
Creator
New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Records in this series include data sheets, coding sheets, abstracts of patient records, and reports. Included are records relating to the Baxstrom patient research study and the pre-Baxstrom research study in the 1970s, which examined individuals transferred from hospitals of the criminally insane under the Department of Correctional Services to the civil mental hospitals in the Department of Mental Hygiene.
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.
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled chairperson's articles and speeches
Series Number
19356
Summary
This series consists of copies of professional journal articles and speeches by chairman Clarence J. Sundram on a variety of topics relating to the status of care of the mentally disabled, the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill, and the work of the commission.
Creator
New York (State). State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled Chairperson's subject files
Series Number
19354
Summary
This accretion consists of subject files of commission chairman Clarence Sundram. Some records (boxes 4 and 5) relate to specific psychiatric and/or develpmental centers where incidents of staff misconduct; patient abuse, neglect, or death; and/or financial irregularities were investigated. These records are restricted in part.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department
Access Restrictions
Partially 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.
This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, requests, hearings, reports, and proposed bills compiled by the Senate Committee on Mental Hygiene when Senator Manfred Ohrenstein was chairman. The records cover such topics as the organization and operation of committee proposals; hearings and investigations; narcotics; mental hygiene facilities; and legislative bills relating to mental hygiene.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.