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Displaying 31 Finding Aids
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital nurse's register
Series Number
- A1511
Summary
- This series documents nurses' visits to patients at Matteawan State Hospital. Information includes patient's name, ward number, and a brief description of his/her symptoms or the condition from which he/she suffered. Some entries record types of drugs administered or if the patient refused to eat or take the prescribed medication. Occasionally the attending physician's name is recorded in the entry. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
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
- Inmate data cards
Series Number
- A1505
Summary
- This series consists of index cards providing basic biographical, criminal and psychological histories of inmates housed at Dannemora State Hospital. Information includes inmate's name; alias; race; admission date ; birth; marital status; nativity; occupation; education; county of trial; court; religion; crime; judge; term; date of sentence; term; former institutional residence before transfer; habits, tendencies; number of attack and duration; cause; residence in hospital; diagnosis; veteran status; date of discharge; condition of release; and identification number. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Dannemora State Hospital
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
- Inmate medical prescription registers
Series Number
- A1524
Summary
- This series records the types of medicines prescribed to inmates in Ward A of Matteawan State Hospital. The registers provide the name of the inmate, drug prescribed, date started, dosage and frequency of dosage. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
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
- Matteawan State Hospital special watch logs
Series Number
- A1518
Summary
- This series consists of volumes reporting guard's observation on inmates at Matteawan who have suicidal tendencies. Observations are recorded usually at half hour intervals, twenty four hours a day. Entries typically provide the patient's name and number, the officer assigned the special watch, relieving officer, and actions made by the inmate or taken by the officer.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
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
- Matteawan State Hospital security check registers
Series Number
- A1527
Summary
- This series records routine ward checks made by Matteawan correctional officers. Volume one records number of patients in the ward, time of security check, and the name of the supervising correctional officer on duty. Volume two records building security checks and lists the date, officer's name, and the results of the check. The third volume records the names of the officers on duty, areas searched, results of search, and the names and numbers of visitors to the ward.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
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
- Manhattan State Hospital patient indexes
Series Number
- B2405
Summary
- Early indexes in this series include name of patient, book and page number of case record, date of admission, ward number, discharge date (sometimes with notes), and names and address of relatives or friends. Later indexes additionally give patient consecutive number, transfer information, and date of death if patient died while hospitalized.
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
- Matteawan State Hospital daily ward log report books
Series Number
- A1506
Summary
- This series consists of daily entries made by Matteawan State Hospital officers detailed to keep watch on traffic entering and leaving hospital wards. Information includes names of officers on duty; time; patients placed on the suicide watch; ward visitors; patients visiting other wards; ward census counts; and the results of any searches that were conducted. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
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
- Certificates of search from Matteawan State Hospital and Fishkill Correctional Facility
Series Number
- A1512
Summary
- This series consists of signed forms stating that a patient had been searched prior to transfer from Matteawan State Hospital (later Fishkill Correctional Facility) to another institution. Forms provide date of search and transfer, from where transferred, to where transferred, departure and arrival times, consecutive number of inmate, inmate's name, result of search, and names and ranks of officers responsible for conducting the search and transporting the inmate. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
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
- Matteawan State Hospital correction officers' observation log
Series Number
- A1526
Summary
- This series contains observations recorded by Matteawan State Hospital correctional officers (sometimes other hospital staff members) regarding inmate behavior. Entries record the date and time a particular action was observed; a brief description of the patient's actions; measures taken, if any, by the correctional officer; the patient's name and number; and the correction officer's signature. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
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
- 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.