Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute

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Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
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The Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, Parnassus Avenue facade
Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
Geography
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Coordinates 37°45′49″N122°27′25″W / 37.76361°N 122.45694°W / 37.76361; -122.45694
Organization
Type Teaching
Affiliated university University of California, San Francisco
Services
Speciality Psychiatry
History
Former name(s)Langley Porter Clinic
Opened1942
Links
Lists Hospitals in California

The Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute (LPPI) is a psychiatric teaching hospital, part of the Psychiatry Department at the University of California, San Francisco. It was located on the Parnassus campus of UCSF until 2023 when it moved to the UCSF Mt. Zion Campus.

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Langley Porter Clinic was the first psychiatric institute in California, and is the oldest facility of the UCSF Psychiatry Department.

History

The foundation stone of the hospital was laid in 1941. The hospital opened in 1942 with 100 beds, and was completed in 1943. The hospital was first known by the name "Langley Porter Clinic", which later changed to the "Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute", and later again to the present "Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute", or informally, "LPPI". In 1948 "the clinic's director, Karl Bowman, was transforming it into one of the world's most important hubs for research into transgender sexual identities." It was also "an important early center for the development of psychedelic therapy." [1]

The LPPI became part of the medical center's accreditation in 1962. It was named after Dr. Robert Langley Porter, a prominent and influential Dean of the UCSF.

The eminent psychologist Paul Ekman worked here from 1960 to 2004. Anthropologist Gregory Bateson, a former OSS officer; and poet Weldon Kees also worked here in the 1950s with psychiatrist Jurgen Ruesch. [2] During WWII, Virginia Prince, a trans woman and pharmacologist who became "an early transgender activist" also worked at the clinic. [3]

LPPI and Parnassus Avenue, seen from UCSF Ambulatory Care Center. LPPI-2.jpg
LPPI and Parnassus Avenue, seen from UCSF Ambulatory Care Center.
Rear view of LPPI on Parnassus Hill. LPPI-4.jpg
Rear view of LPPI on Parnassus Hill.

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