Colorado Mental Health Institute At Pueblo
The hospital continued to expand up until 1962, when geographic decentralization led to the establishment of regional treatment hospitals that were located close to the patients home community. This resulted in smaller hospital units that were more able to provide intimate and personalized care. Currently, the hospital encompasses a 300-acre campus with numerous buildings for mental healthcare. In 2022, the hospital is capable of caring for 516 patients and cares for children, adults, and the elderly. The hospital also cares for those who were deemed incompetent after criminal proceedings or are still pending such a judgement.
Founder
Hubert Work, born July 3, 1860, was the founder of the Colorado State Hospital, that had opened November 20th, 1883. Work wanted to do something to help those who suffered with the "social curse of feeblemindedness". He thought that "mental weaknesses should be eradicated instead of just treated".
Work believed that there were two ways of treatment for those who were having to deal with mental illness. He believed that the segregation of the abnormal at puberty by holding them in institutions during their procreative period or rendering them sterile.
Notable Patients
- Ed Benge
References
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- ^ "Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo". Colorado Department of Human Services. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
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