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| Genre/Form: | Case files Medical files Photographs |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: | New York (State). Office of Mental Health.; New York (State). Dept. of Mental Hygiene. |
| OCLC Number: | 122346707 |
| Description: | 99 cu. ft. (405 volumes) |
Abstract:
This accretion consists of official forms and administrative data documenting the admission, legal status, assessments, treatment planning, treatment and discharge of patients to the Buffalo State Hospital (later Buffalo Psychiatric Center).
Casebooks (boxes 1-22) contain bound records pertaining to the admission and treatment of patients at the Buffalo State Hospital from 1881 to 1898. They range from case file #151 to #6449. Included are the official copies of medical certificates which were the evidence of lunacy that allowed commitment of patients to Buffalo. Admission records include patient and family histories and medical histories, and sumaries of medical and psychiatric examiniations given at admission.
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Related Subjects:(10)
- Buffalo State Hospital.
- Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
- Psychiatric hospital patients -- New York (State)
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention.
- Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State) -- Admission and discharge.
- Mentally ill -- Care.
- Mental health facilities -- New York (State)
- New York (State)
- Erie County (N.Y.)
- Buffalo (N.Y.)
