The South Mississippi State Hospital (SMSH) is an acute care regional psychiatric facility of the

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, near Purvis. The institution's Crisis Intervention Center is in

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. In its 1995 session, the

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passed House Bill 960, authorizing the construction of the facility. The hospital, a regional center, serves Covington, Forrest, Greene,

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, Lamar,

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, Perry, and Wayne counties.Overview
" South Mississippi State Hospital. Retrieved on November 1, 2010.

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Buildings and structures in Lamar County, Mississippi Psychiatric hospitals in Mississippi Hospitals established in the 1990s {{Mississippi-hospital-stub