The New York State Psychiatric Institute, located at the
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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in the
Washington Heights neighborhood of
Manhattan
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,
New York City
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, was established in 1895 as one of the first institutions in the United States to integrate teaching, research and therapeutic approaches to the care of patients with mental illnesses. In 1925, the Institute affiliated with
Presbyterian Hospital, now
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, adding general hospital facilities to the institute's psychiatric services and research laboratories.
Through the years, distinguished figures in American psychiatry have served as directors of the Psychiatric Institute, including Drs.
Ira Van Gieson,
Adolph Meyer
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Biography
Meyer was bo ...
,
August Hoch
August Hoch (20 April 1868 – 23 September 1919) was a Swiss–American psychiatrist who was the third director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York City from 1 February 1910 to 1 October 1917. As a neuropathologist and clin ...
,
Lawrence Kolb
Lawrence Coleman Kolb (June 16, 1911 – October 20, 2006) was an American psychiatrist who was the New York State Commissioner of Mental Hygiene from 1975 to 1978.
Biography
He was born in on June 16, 1911 in Baltimore, Maryland. His fami ...
,
Edward Sachar and
Herbert Pardes. The most recent director was Dr.
Jeffrey Lieberman.
History
The institute was established in 1895 by the
New York State Hospital Commission as the Pathological Institute of the New York State Hospitals. In 1907, its name changed to Psychiatric Institute of the State Hospitals. The 1927
Mental Hygiene Law
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It is composed of several chapters, or laws. New York uses a system called ...
designated it as the New York State Psychiatric Institute. In December 1929, the institute opened as a unit of the
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
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, owned and operated by the
state of New York
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under the supervision of the
Department of Mental Hygiene.
Other names
It is also known by the following names:
*New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital
*NYSPI (New York State Psychiatric Institute)
*Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. New York State Psychiatric Institute
*New York (State). New York State Psychiatric Institute
*New York (State). Psychiatric Institute
*New York (N.Y.). New York State Psychiatric Institute
*New York (State). State Psychiatric Institute
Buildings
The institute has two buildings: the Herbert Pardes Building at 1051
Riverside Drive was built in 1998 and was designed by Peter Pran and Timothy Johnson of
Ellerbe Becket
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.
It is connected by walkway bridges to the high-rise Lawrence G. Kolb Research Laboratory at 40 Haven Avenue at
West 168th Street, built in 1983 and designed by Herbert W. Reimer.
Their original building at 722 West 168th Street became the Mailman's School of Public Health in 1999.
Death of Harold Blauer
In 1953,
Harold Blauer
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, a patient undergoing treatment for depression at the institute, died following an injection of the
amphetamine
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MDA
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given without his permission as part of a
U.S. Army
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experiment. The United States and New York state governments and the Psychiatric Institute attempted to cover up the incident, a fact accidentally discovered in 1975 during a Congressional inquiry on an unrelated matter. In 1987 a federal judge ordered the government to pay US$700,000 in compensation to Blauer's surviving daughter.
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Levy, Eric
"The New York State Psychiatric Institute: Revolutionizing The Study of Mental Illness" ''P&S Journal'', Fall 2003, Columbia University (website archived 2008)
External links
The New York State Psychiatric InstituteHistory of NYSPI Columbia Psychiatry Department website
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Psychiatric hospitals in New York (state)
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Hospitals established in 1895
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