Douglas Hospital

Douglas Hospital

Hospital
Name = PAGENAME
Region = Montreal
State = Quebec
Country = Canada
HealthCare = RAMQ (Quebec medicare)
Beds =
Affiliation = McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Certification =
Type = Teaching
Speciality = psychiatric hospital
Founded = July 19, 1881
Website = http://www.douglas.qc.ca/accueil.asp?l=e

The 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 with McGill 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] ] by Alfred 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

* 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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