The Institute of Living
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The Institute of Living (IOL) is a mental health center in Hartford, Connecticut affiliated with Hartford Hospital. Founded in 1822 as the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, it was the first hospital of any kind established in Connecticut and the third psychiatric hospital in the United States. The IOLs 35-acre campus was landscaped by Frederick Law Olmstead in 1860s.
During its 175th anniversary, The Institute of Living opened an exhibition titled "Myths, Minds and Medicine" on the history of the Institute and psychiatric treatment in general.
[edit] References
- Purdy, Stephen. "The View From/Hartford; The History of Insanity, Shameful to Treatable", The New York Times, 1998-09-20. Retrieved on September 9, 2006.
[edit] Further reading
- Goodheart, Lawrence (2003). Mad Yankees: The Hartford Retreat for the Insane and Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 1-55849-405-7.
