Full access

Communications and Updates

Published Online: 1 June 2014

The Second-Oldest State Psychiatric Hospital in the United States

David A. Gorelick, M.D., Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14020166

To the Editor: The “Images in Psychiatry” article by de Leon, et al. (1) in the February 2014 issue describes the Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Ky., opened in 1824, as “the second-oldest state mental hospital in the United States,” after the Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Va., which opened in 1766. However, this statement ignores the Spring Grove Hospital Center in Catonsville, Md., which has been continuously operating since it opened in 1797. The hospital is affiliated with the University of Maryland Department of Psychiatry and houses the world-renowned Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (2, 3).

References

de Leon J, Shoemaker S, Brenzel A: The old and the new Eastern State Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Am J Psychiatry 2014; 171:149–150

Crossref

PubMed

Google Scholar

Helsel DS, Blank TJ: Spring Grove State Hospital (Images of America: Maryland). Charleston, SC, Arcadia Publishing, 2008

Google Scholar

Spring Grove Hospital Center: A History of Spring Grove. www.springgrove.com/history.html

Google Scholar

Information & Authors

Information

Published In

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 171 • Number 6 • June 2014

Pages: 691

PubMed: 24880513

History

Accepted: March 2014

Published online: 1 June 2014

Published in print: June 2014

Authors

Details

David A. Gorelick, M.D., Ph.D.

From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

View all articles by this author

Competing Interests

Dr. Gorelick reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.

Metrics & Citations

Metrics

Citations

Export Citations

If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.

For more information or tips please see 'Downloading to a citation manager' in the Help menu.

Format	RIS (ProCite, Reference Manager) EndNote BibTex Medlars RefWorks
Direct importt
Citation style
Style

Copy to clipboard
Tips for downloading citations

View Options

View options

PDF/EPUB

View PDF/EPUB

Login options

Already a subscriber? Access your subscription through your login credentials or your institution for full access to this article.

Personal login Institutional Login Open Athens login

Purchase Options

Purchase this article to access the full text.

PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry

Not a subscriber?

Subscribe Now / Learn More

PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5-TR^® library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.

Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).

The Second-Oldest State Psychiatric Hospital in the United States

References