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. The Connecticut Retreat for the Insane was built in 1823, and was opened to admissions in 1924.[1] Eli Todd was its first director. It was often referred to as the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, and is now known as The Institute of Living. The Hartford Retreat for the Insane cost $12,000 to build and could serve up to 40 patients at a time. “It cost $3.00 a week for a state resident and $4.00 a week for an out of state resident”.].</ref>[2]
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 Olmsted 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.
It has shared the "Retreat" moniker with the Brattleboro Retreat and the York Retreat, which was the naming inspiration for both institutions.
[edit] References
- ^ Connecticut Retreat for the Insane. Historic Asylums. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ Leach, Charles (February/March/April 2004). Hospital Rock. Hog River Journal. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- Purdy, Stephen. "The View From/Hartford; The History of Insanity, Shameful to Treatable", The New York Times, 1998-09-20. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
[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.
