Whitfield Mental Hospital
Whitfield is the colloquial name for the mississippi state hospital mississippi s primary public mental institution and hospital which dates to 1848.
Whitfield mental hospital. It is located in the unincorporated community of whitfield rankin county mississippi along mississippi highway 468. Amebiasis in a mental institution. Apply to customer service representative technician health information management clerk and more. Mississippi department of mental health toll free help line 877 210 8513 all calls are confidential.
Historically many people referred to the center as. It is a teaching hospital. Mississippi state hospital is a publicly funded psychiatric treatment facility operated under the direction of the mississippi department of mental health. Mississippi state hospital operates 311 hospital beds and is accredited by the joint commission.
Mississippi state hospital in whitfield ms is a psychiatric facility. Box 157 a whitfield ms 39193 601 351 8003 info msh state ms us eligibility information regarding medicaid medicare and private insurance 601 351 8234 emergency help. The mississippi state hospital msh is a psychiatric facility operated by the mississippi department of mental health. Founded in 1855 mississippi state hospital operates several crisis intervention centers that provide short term treatment for adults who require acute mental health care services.
Serologic and epidemiologic studies. Mississippi state hospital operates 504 licensed psychiatric beds and 423 nursing home beds and is accredited by the joint commission. The evaluation of mississippi state hospital also includes data from whitfield medical surgical. Accredited by the joint commission it is one of the largest hospitals in mississippi and the one of the largest public psychiatric facilities in the united states.
Serologic and stool surveys were done during the fall of 1972 at a 3500 patient mississippi mental institution. The hospital is located on a 350 acre campus in whitfield ms 15 miles southeast of jackson the state capital. Mississippi state hospital is a publicly funded behavioral health program of the mississippi department of mental health. Am j epidemiol 100.
Whitfield a rankin county native who served as mississippi s governor from 1924 to. Mississippi state hospital has been offering addiction rehab to people who live in and around whitfield mississippi and who are battling with substance use disorders. In the 20 year period from 1953 1972 the hospital had reported 127 deaths due to. As such mississippi state hospital provides a array of services such as individual psychotherapy couple family therapy group therapy and others using its unique approaches to.