Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

Not to be confused with Central New York Psychiatric Center or Utica Psychiatric Center.

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
Geography
Location	1400 Noyes St, Utica, New York, United States
Organization
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Psychiatric
History
Former name(s)	Marcy State Hospital Marcy Psychiatric Center Utica State Hospital
Opened	1836
Links
Website	omh.ny.gov/omhweb/facilities/mvpc/
Lists	Hospitals in New York State

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center ^{[1] [2]} is a state-run psychiatric hospital located in Utica, New York. It includes the McPike Addiction Treatment Center, a 68-bed inpatient facility, ^[3] and runs a special education school for grades 4 through 12. ^[4]

History

Utica State Hospital was founded in 1836 and opened in 1843. ^[5] It was New York State's first state-run mental health facility, and one of the first of its kind in the United States. The building was closed in 1977, and is now used for records storage. ^{[6] [5] [7]}

In 1911 the state legislature purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) in nearby Marcy, New York to move patients from Utica State Hospital out of the city, although Utica State Hospital remained in use well afterwards. ^[8] The hospital opened a division in Marcy in 1922. Marcy State Hospital was made an independent entity in 1931. In 1974 it became the Marcy Psychiatric Center. ^[9] Between 1947 and 1978, Marcy State Hospital ran a nursing school on site. ^[10]

In 1977, the Central New York Psychiatric Center, a maximum-security psychiatric hospital for state prisoners, was established on the grounds of Marcy Psychiatric Center. ^[11] In 1985, Marcy Psychiatric Center was merged with Utica Psychiatric Center to form the Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, located on the grounds of the old Utica State Hospital. ^{[9] [12]} The remainder of the Marcy site became the Mid-State Correctional Facility. ^[13]

The center's inpatient psychiatric unit closed in 2012. ^{[14] [15]}

References

1. Tracie Rozhon (November 18, 1998). "A Fight to Preserve Abandoned Asylums; Sales Seen as Threat to Landmarks Of Architecture and Idealism". New York Times . the Utica State Hospital, now called the Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
2. "Amanda Belt, Alan Alsheimer Jr. - The New York Times". New York Times . September 23, 2007.
3. "McPike Addiction Treatment Center". NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports.
4. "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for MOHAWK VALLEY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
5. "THE INSANE OF NEW YORK; Annual Report of the State Commission in Lunacy. SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS Much Cheaper Entertaining the Insane by the State Than Under the Old and Abandoned System". New York Times . October 13, 1895.
6. Phillip Lutz (April 3, 1988). "Mental Patients Transferred to L.I." New York Times . Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center in Utica
7. "United States Hospital Main Building". passage March, 1836, of 'An Act to Authorize the Establishment of the New York Lunatic Asylum'
8. Ball, Raymond (1998). White, Donald F. (ed.). Exploring 200 Years of Oneida County History. p. 179. ISBN   978-0-9668178-0-5.
9. "Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Historical Files B1582". iarchives.nysed.gov. December 4, 1922. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
10. "NYS Nursing:Nursing Programs:Closed Nursing Programs". Office of the Professions. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
11. "Metropolitan Briefs". The New York Times. August 22, 1977. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
12. Weddle, Bonita L. (May 19, 2005). "Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center". In Eisenstadt, Peter (ed.). The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 996. ISBN   978-0-8156-0808-0.
13. "Marcy". DOCS Today. December 2001.
14. "Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center: The Aftermath". WUTR/WFXV. February 5, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
15. "Region still struggling to care for mentally ill after closure of psych center". Utica Observer Dispatch. November 22, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2023.

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