Boston State Hospital is a historic mental hospital located in
Mattapan and
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Dorchester (colloquially referred to as Dot) is a Boston neighborhood comprising more than in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester ...
. The court case ''
Rogers v. Okin
Rogers v. Okin was a landmark case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit considered whether a person diagnosed with mental illness committed to a state psychiatric facility and assumed to be competent, has the right to ...
'', which increases patient consent rights, was filed by a
class action lawsuit against the hospital. The hospital was closed in 1979, and has been completely demolished and the site is in the process of being redeveloped.
References
External links
* . (Various documents).
Institutionalization in Mattapan. Part II-Boston State Hospital
Defunct hospitals in Massachusetts
Demolished buildings and structures in Boston
Historic sites in Massachusetts
Psychiatric hospitals in Massachusetts
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