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Displaying 16 Finding Aids
Title
- Patient indexes
Series Number
- B1742
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to patient case numbers and indexes to patient casebooks created by the staff of Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Indexes are roughly alphabetical by patient name.
Creator
- Middletown State Homeopathic 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
- Ward inspection reports
Series Number
- B1589
Summary
- This series consists of nightly ward reports of patient activities, conditions, and events observed by Utica State Hospital personnel. Information usually includes census; names of patients present and absent on home visits; notes on medication given; and notes on patients' physical condition and behavior.
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
- Program planning and evaluation files
Series Number
- B2480
Summary
- The records in this series consist of surveys, censuses, reports, periodic medical reviews, accreditation information, correspondence, and memoranda pertaining to the planning and evaluation of programs at Willard Psychiatric Center. Surveys usually include raw responses from patients and staff, summary data, analysis, and comments from evaluators. Annual reviews were performed for individual programs or units. Accreditation information includes evaluations, surveys, and reports created for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted permanently 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
- Unit annual reports to director
Series Number
- B2504
Summary
- These records consist of annual reports from individual units to the director of Willard Psychiatric Center (known earlier as Willard State Hospital), who used the reports to create Willard's official annual report to the State Legislature. Units that submitted reports include the business office, maintenance, dental department, laboratory, personnel, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, nursing service, psychology department, outpatient services, quality assurance, recreation, library, radiology, volunteer services, youth opportunity, chaplain's offices, statistical office, education unit, and psychogeriatric services.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assorted admission, discharge, and death records
Series Number
- B1816
Summary
- This series documents patient admissions, discharges, and deaths. The records may have been used for reporting purposes or for the compilation of statistics. Information includes patient admission, re-admission, discharge, and death cards and weekly lists of patients discharged and admitted. Weekly lists vary in content from detailed to mere lists of patient names, date, sex, patient numbers, and manner of leaving for discharges or legally liable relative for admissions. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Office of Mental Health patient admission, discharge, and parole registers
Series Number
- 20279
Summary
- These registers were created by mental health facilities to document patient admissions and discharges. The registers typically provide patient name, nativity, date of admission or discharge, date of birth, chronological number, race, and religion. Other information varies but occasionally includes occupation, education, names and addresses of relatives, legal and civil status, and comments.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
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
- Register of reports of alleged non-resident or deportable aliens
Series Number
- B2450
Summary
- This register is a bound volume that lists persons who were alleged to be aliens or non-residents living in state or public mental health facilities. It appears to be the first (and possibly only) volume created after the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene was given authority to deport or remove such persons, pursuant to Chapter 766 of the Laws of 1946. Each person's entry is on a two-page form, and includes basic biographical data and often more detailed personal information.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
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.
Title
- New York State Office of Mental Health program planning and evaluation files
Series Number
- B2532
Summary
- This series contains studies and analyses of all facility programs with recommendations, studies of process of service delivery, and outcome of treatment intervention. It includes records on: program planning, program surveying and audits of effectiveness, and plans for correction. Included are records on local government mental health plans as well as client intake and discharge forms for the Task Force on Integrated Programs.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
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
- Committee meeting files
Series Number
- B2484
Summary
- This series consists of minutes, memoranda, and calendars relating to meetings held by Willard Psychiatric Center and Willard State Hospital committees in the Psychiatric, Nursing, and Medical Departments. Most records do not identify patients.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted permanently 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.
Title
- Reports to director
Series Number
- B2490
Summary
- This series consists of staff reports to the director of the Nursing Department of Willard Psychiatric Center. The records include reports from nurse administrators, nursing grounds supervision daily reports, nursing care needs assessment reports, patient acuity reports, scheduling reports, and departmental monthly and annual reports.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted permanently 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.
Title
- Patient cartoons
Series Number
- B2452
Summary
- This series consists of 114 cartoons, in pencil, drawn by a patient at Middletown State Hospital in the late 1950s and early 1960s, depicting life at the hospital from the patient's perspective. The patient was assigned to a continued care, community-centered program at Middletown. The cartoons include reactions to major changes, such as women being permitted in men's wards. Also included are clinical notes pertaining to the patient.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Use photocopies are disclosable, as the patient's name has been redacted. However, clinical notes and the original cartoons found in the series are 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.
Title
- Restraint and seclusion reports
Series Number
- B2483
Summary
- These files consist of physicians' orders for individual patients to undergo protective restraint or seclusion, and of regular statistical reports detailing the use of the practice at Willard Psychiatric Center (known earlier as Willard State Hospital). The Department of Mental Hygiene and later the Office of Mental Health used these figures to provide each facility director with a monthly record showing where his or her institution stood with respect to the average for other institutions in the department.
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.
Title
- Restraint and seclusion reports
Series Number
- B1758
Summary
- These reports were submitted to the Department of Mental Hygiene by psychiatric institution directors. They consist of separate daily average numbers of patients in straitjackets, restraining sheets, and seclusion. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Middletown State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Utica State Hospital Superintendent's correspondence
Series Number
- B1539
Summary
- Utica State Hospital superintendent's correspondence includes copies of responses to inquiries regarding patient's condition, serious illness, or prognosis. Some correspondence is with officials of other mental health facilities, supervisors of the poor, private physicians, or private attorneys.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
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.
Title
- Wiilard State Hospital patient indexes
Series Number
- B1459
Summary
- This series consists of patient indexes created by staff of Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). Series consists of separate county and patient indexes. For some patients, the volume and page number given in the indexes refer to other series of patient case files; in other cases, the reference of the citations is unknown. Dates for the indexes overlap as information was carried over from earlier to later volumes.
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
- Utica State Hospital patient indexes
Series Number
- B1485
Summary
- This series consists of patient indexes maintained by staff of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Patient references are arranged by county or roughly alphabetically. Information includes name, case book and page number, date admitted, and date discharged. Some references also include burial information; number of attacks; number of admissions; date of attack; officer committing (name, position, or title); and result and observations.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (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.