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St. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Southeast Washington, D.C. operated by the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health. The hospital opened in 1855 under the name Government Hospital for the Insane, [4] the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States. Housing over 8,000 patients at its peak in ...
St. Elizabeths Hospital East and West Cemeteries are two historic cemeteries located on the grounds of St. Elizabeths Hospital . The West cemetery has burials from the Civil War and hospital patients. Most of the veterans buried in the cemetery, on the West Campus, were patients of the hospital and not casualties of the war. [1]
1963. demolished. New hospital building. 2010 [5] Gateway DC Pavilion [6] 2013 [5] St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena.
In December 1922, St. Elizabeth's became the first hospital in the US to employ pyrotherapy for the treatment of late-state syphilis. [2] White approved the use of insulin shock therapy at St. Elizabeth's. [2] In 1930, St. Elizabeth's was the only mental hospital in the United States with an American Medical Association-accredited internship. [2]
Dr. Robert Keisling, MD, is a Psychiatry specialist practicing in Washington, DC with 53 years of experience. This provider currently accepts 22 insurance plans including Medicare and Medicaid. New patients are welcome. Hospital affiliations include Medstar Washington Hospital Center.
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Winfred Overholser (1892 – October 6, 1964) was an American psychiatrist, president of the American Psychiatric Association, and for 25 years the superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital, a federal institution for the mentally ill in Washington, D.C. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1892, Winfred Overholser graduated from Harvard College ...
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