- The Institute of Living
The Institute of Living (IOL) is a mental health center in
Hartford, Connecticut affiliated withHartford Hospital . The Connecticut Retreat for the Insane was built in 1823, and was opened to admissions in 1924.cite web| url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/hartford_ct/index.html|title=Connecticut Retreat for the Insane|work=Historic Asylums|accessdate=2008-01-15]Eli Todd was its first director. It was often referred to as the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, and is now known asThe 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”.] .] cite web| url=http://www.hogriver.org/issues/v02n02/hospital.htm| title=Hospital Rock |accessdate=2008-01-15 |last=Leach |first=Charles|work=Hog River Journal|year=2004 |month=February/March/April|]Founded in 1822 as the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, it was the first
hospital of any kind established inConnecticut and the thirdpsychiatric hospital in the United States. The IOLs 35 acre campus was landscaped byFrederick 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 theYork Retreat , which was the naming inspiration for both institutions.References
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* [http://www.instituteofliving.org/ Institute of Living Website]
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