- Douglas Hospital
Hospital
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Region = Montreal
State = Quebec
Country = Canada
HealthCare = RAMQ (Quebec medicare)
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Affiliation =McGill University Faculty of Medicine
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Type = Teaching
Speciality =psychiatric hospital
Founded =July 19 ,1881
Website = http://www.douglas.qc.ca/accueil.asp?l=eThe Douglas Hospital is a Canadian
psychiatric hospital located in the borough of Verdun in the city of Montreal,Quebec . [ [http://www.douglas.qc.ca/contact/index.asp?l=e Douglas Hospital Contact en] ]It is also a
teaching hospital affiliated withMcGill University .The nearest Montreal Metro station is the Monk. [ [http://www.douglas.qc.ca/contact/direction.asp?l=e Getting from the Douglas to Station Monk (15 minutes walk)] ]
History
Founded on
July 19 ,1881 [ [http://www.douglas.qc.ca/UserFiles/File/press-release-site125.pdf The Douglas is 125 years old, press release, Montreal,July 19 ,2006 ] ] byAlfred Perry and a group of Protestant clergy and Montréal citizens, the Douglas Institute was originally named the “Protestant Hospital for the Insane." [ [http://125.douglas.qc.ca/en/fondateur-hopital-douglas.php The Douglas is 125 years] ] [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=7r8LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=Alfred+Perry%2BMontreal&source=web&ots=b0c166WMbX&sig=Jlj4bQJvkTVNQQVxWRnHsjg_xiI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result Alfred Perry of Montreal testifies at the trial of John Wilkis Booth (the Trial of the Conspirators, page 33)] ]In 2006 the Douglas was designated a University Institute in Mental Health.
Mission
The Douglas provides specialized mental health care services for the very young to the elderly; contributes to destigmatizing mental illness, in keeping with prevention and recovery principles; contributes to the advancement of knowledge and best practices through state-of-the-art research and teaching. [ [http://www.douglas.qc.ca/mental-health-info/index.asp?l=e Information on mental health en] ]
ee also
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Allan Memorial Institute
*Mental disorder
*Mental health References
External links
* [http://www.douglas.qc.ca/accueil.asp?l=e Official Website]
* [http://www.douglasrecherche.qc.ca/index.asp?l=e Douglas Research Center]
* [http://www.fondationdouglas.qc.ca/index.asp?l=e Douglas Institute Foundation]
* [http://www.douglas.qc.ca/contact/index.asp?l=e Douglas Hospital Contact]
* [http://www.douglas.qc.ca/carte/www/douglas_en.html Douglas Hospital interactive map]
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