Elgin Mental Hospital
The history of elgin mental health center was for me a delightful tour through the hospital s history weaving in and out of the larger state system the national context and the development of psychiatry and the mental health professions.
Elgin mental hospital. The adult multiple security including maximum security facility is comprised of two treatment units one for males and one for females. Elgin mental health center also known as illinois department of human services is a psychiatric hospital in elgin illinois the npi number for elgin mental health center is 1639221302. The original name of the elgin mental health facility its current name was the northern illinois hospital and asylum for the insane. A rumor circulated for year and still exists that the state of illinois approached the city of elgin with plans to construct a mental institution and a college and.
9 reviews of elgin mental health center a friend was unfortunate enough to have been sent to this facility when i really did not need inpatient care by an overzealous social worker at good shephard hospital. At times it treated mental illness tuberculosis and provided federally funded care for veterans. Rankings ratings at elgin mental health center. This facility is all you imagine an institution to be.
750 south state street. The elgin treatment center will serve as a secured mental health inpatient treatment facility for convicted adult males and females designated with a severe mental illness. To help patients decide where to receive care u s. The current location address for elgin mental health center is 750 s state st elgin illinois and the contact number is 847 742 1040 and fax number is 847 429 4910.
750 s state st elgin il 60123 phone. Bad food cold showers. Elgin mental health center. News generates hospital rankings by evaluating data on nearly 5 000 hospitals in 16 adult.
Elgin mental health center state psychiatric hospitals. The doors opened in 1872 however construction of additional buildings continued until 1874. Some days are better than others but overall if you have a good staff like i did your work day should run smoothly. Elgin chamber of commerce.
The md here did not even know was the procedure for an irregular pap smear was. Mental health technician former employee elgin il january 11 2018 loved working with mentally ill patients. Dhs offices and service providers for kane county.