Spring Harbor Hospital is a 100-bed free-standing nonprofit psychiatric hospital located in
Westbrook, Maine
Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States and a suburb of Portland. The population was 20,400 at the 2020 census, making it the fastest-growing city in Maine between 2010 and 2020. It is part of the Portland– South Portla ...
. It is one of two free standing psychiatric hospitals in the state of
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
and offers services for both children and adults.
History
Spring Harbor Hospital came into being in 1999 when
Maine Medical Center
Maine Medical Center (commonly abbreviated to ''MMC'' or contracted to ''Maine Med'') is a 700-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Portland, Maine, United States. Affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine, it is located in the Western P ...
purchased a for-profit psychiatric hospital, Jackson Brook Institute.
In 2007, a donation from philanthropist Al Glickman created the Glickman Family Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
which helps to support programs for families at Spring Harbor. The hospital originally had 88 beds, and in 2016, 12 more beds were added to address the growing need for psychiatric services in Southern Maine.
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Services
Spring Harbor Hospital has 3 adult units totaling 60 beds. There is a child unit with 14 beds, an adolescent unit with 14 beds, and a 12-patient unit for those with developmental disorders. The units are named with respect to direction, 1NE, 1NW, etc.
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Spring Harbor Hospital is affiliated with Maine Behavioral Healthcare (MBH), which is a division of MaineHealth, a non-profit healthcare organization in the state of Maine.][
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References
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Psychiatric hospitals in Maine
Buildings and structures in Westbrook, Maine
Hospitals established in 1999
1999 establishments in Maine