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Decades, tragedies and heartaches later, Virginia’s …

(5 days ago) WEBIt only took six years for Virginia’s next heartbreaking mental health services failure. In November 2013, state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, was nearly killed in a knife attack by his son Gus who …

https://virginiamercury.com/2022/04/25/decades-tragedies-and-heartaches-later-virginias-mental-health-system-still-struggles/

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Documentary explores history of Va. asylum for Black …

(3 days ago) WEBThe hospital was founded in Richmond in 1870 as the world’s first mental institution for Black people in a state that had also established the first state mental hospital in the nation at

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/documentary-explores-history-asylum-for-black-patients-central-state-hospital-virginia

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Transforming Behavioral Health Care in Virginia

(1 days ago) WEB4 Martinez JM Jr : Virginia’s Mental Health Services, Presentation to the Continuing Care Workgroup of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000466

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Williams: In 1870, Virginia opened the first mental …

(3 days ago) WEBThe occasion for Fairfax’s history lesson was the dedication of a Virginia historical highway marker for the Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane — the first mental hospital in the nation

https://richmond.com/news/local/history/williams-in-1870-virginia-opened-the-first-mental-hospital-exclusively-for-black-patients-today-african/article_1dd61f04-878d-54ed-a365-9b87614b958a.html

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‘Blacks Are Immune From Mental Illness’ Psychiatric News

(3 days ago) WEBFrom 1700 to 1840, enslaved blacks were described as immune to mental illness. John Galt, M.D., medical director at Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Va., hypothesized that enslaved Africans were immune …

https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.pn.2018.5a18

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Origins of Mental Health - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg …

(5 days ago) WEBThe term mental hygiene has a long history in the United States, having first been used by William Sweetzer in 1843. After the Civil War, which increased concern about the effects …

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/mental-health/about/origins-of-mental-health

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A Guide to the Records of the Virginia State Mental …

(3 days ago) WEBTransferred by the Virginia Dept. of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, 100 Bank St., Richmond, Virginia, 10 July 2006. Historical Information

https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00947.xml

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Southwestern State Hospital - Asylum Projects

(8 days ago) WEBThe hospital received its first two patients on May 17, 1887, both of whom were from Washington County, Virginia. Adam Surratt, a 27-year-old laborer, died on June 17, 1903 with a diagnosis of “abscess of …

https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/Southwestern_State_Hospital

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Southwestern State Mental Hospital Historical Marker

(5 days ago) WEBA Brief History of the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute (PDF). Originally named Southwestern Lunatic Asylum, the hospital admitted its first two patients on May 17, 1887. Using annual reports …

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=208591

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How America’s Mental Health System Evolved - The Chas …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health was formed in the mid-1950’s from a call to action by the American Psychiatric Association. Their role was to study conditions …

https://thechasfoundation.org/how-americas-mental-health-system-evolved/

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Papers of James M. Martinez re Mental Health in Virginia

(9 days ago) WEBPapers of James M. Martinez re Mental Health in Virginia : Accession: MSS 2015-04 : Description: 17 boxes (6.5 linear ft.) Location: (8 September 2006); Brief History of …

https://digitalhistory.law.virginia.edu/records/mss/2015-04

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Chronological History of the Virginia Department of …

(8 days ago) WEBChronological History of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services establishes the Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law …

https://dbhds.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DBHDStimeline2018-1.RAedits.2023.04.05-1.pdf

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Central State Mental Hospital: Pioneering Black mental health care …

(1 days ago) WEBVirginia's mental health system is America's oldest, established in 1770 by British Governor Francis Fauquier, who wondered openly why, unlike his mother …

https://www.wric.com/black-history-month/central-state-mental-hospital-pioneering-black-mental-health-care-in-petersburg/

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A Guide to the Records of Western State Hospital, 1825-2000

(5 days ago) WEBThe history of the Board begins with the Court of Directors which was established as soon as the General Assembly approved construction of the asylum in 1825. In its earliest …

https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva%2Fvi00937.xml

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State: Virginia's mental health hospitals 'dangerously' full - The

(3 days ago) WEBIn 2007, a gunman with a history of mental health problems killed 33 people on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. In 2013, it was the Deeds attack. …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-mental-health-hospitals-full/2021/06/18/3d685e38-cf98-11eb-8cd2-4e95230cfac2_story.html

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History of Mental Health Access for Veterans - VCU School of …

(6 days ago) WEBHistory of Mental Health Access for Veterans. November 9, 2022. “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers” is a quote often attributed to Argentinian writer and …

https://onlinesocialwork.vcu.edu/blog/history-mental-health-access-veterans/

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Virginia Health Bulletin: The New Virginia Law To Preserve …

(5 days ago) WEBEducation & Outreach Department edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/ Virginia Health Bulletin: The New Virginia Law To Preserve Racial Integrity, 1924 (page 2 of 4) Citation: Virginia …

https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/files/original/669240b44aab927d12fa6b680d3e407f.pdf

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Va. Tech Shooter Seung-Hui Cho's Mental Health Records Released

(8 days ago) WEBThe mental health records of Seung-Hui Cho, the 23-year-old man who killed 32 students and then himself on the Virginia Tech University campus in April 2007, …

https://abcnews.go.com/us/seung-hui-chos-mental-health-records-released/story?id=8278195

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History Lesson: The State of Mental Health in Our Schools

(9 days ago) WEBMany states have made K-12 mental health curriculums mandatory with 96% of schools offering at least one type of mental health service to students. However, …

https://www.newsweek.com/history-lesson-state-mental-health-our-schools-how-did-we-get-here-1898067

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