Silver Hill Hospital

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Silver Hill Hospital
Geography
LocationSilvermine River Valley of Fairfield County, New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates 41°09′54″N73°28′08″W / 41.165°N 73.469°W / 41.165; -73.469
Organization
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type Specialist
Services
Beds129 [1]
Speciality Psychiatric hospital
History
Opened1931
Links
Website silverhillhospital.org
Lists Hospitals in Connecticut

Silver Hill Hospital is a non-profit psychiatric hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut [2] established in 1931. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and provides behavioral health care treatment. [3] This includes psychiatric and addiction services.

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From 2010 to 2018, Silver Hill Hospital hosted the annual Giving Hope Gala, a fundraiser to benefit the Patient Financial Aid Fund, which assists patients lacking funds to cover the costs for the hospital's long-term residential treatment programs. The gala was founded by Michael Cominotto and husband Dennis Basso. [4]

History

The Silver Hill Foundation was established by Dr. William B. Terhune in 1934 [5] as a "medical and psychotherapeutic unit to diagnose and treat functional nervous disorders". [6] Terhune was the founder of the psychiatric department at Yale University [7] and had promoted the idea that psychiatric patients not be treated differently than other patients with a medical condition. [8] The original facility was established as a non-profit, voluntary psychiatric hospital and was a member of the American Hospital Association. It could treat up to 60 patients at a time. [6]

In 1958, the foundation dedicated a community clinic building. [6]

It was located on the site of the former Silver Hill Inn as a setting to help patients described as "nervous, depressed, anxious, or malingering." [9] It was located in the Silvermine River Valley of Fairfield County, straddling the borders of Wilton and New Canaan, Connecticut. [10]

Starting in 1971, focus was placed on building the hospital's substance abuse program. By 1984, that program included a psychiatrist, an associate psychiatrist, a psychologist, substance abuse counselors, nursing staff, and a recreational and occupational therapist. [2]

The inpatient acute care unit was built in 1985 [11] to provide treatment to patients whose mental illness call for constant supervision. [9]

In 2012, The Chronic Pain and Recovery Center program launched. [12] In 2015, both an eating disorder program for adults [13] and an outpatient opioid addiction program launched. [14]

Facilities

The hospital's 42-acre campus includes former family homes acquired by the hospital's board over time. [11] These include:

In addition, Dr. Terhune built a chapel on the property, which was later named in his honor. [19]

Notable patients

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